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Having seen and liked the Lord of the Rings movies, I wasn't particularly drawn to them, and this is also the case for The Hobbit. They were great movies and all but I never really got into it. I probably lack a certain fondess for the story, having not read the books.

I'm exactly a big Del Toro fan, either, but I'm interested by the kind of aesthetic he introduces to his films, and especially how that might impact on The Hobbit. He has a unique and often morbid style and the idea of that + Bilbo Baggins gets me a little bit tingly.

Discuss, fellow film critics.

Pan's Labyrinth is the best movie ever made.

freaking everyone says that.

i hated it.

It was fantastic.

Hellboy was great too

Anyway, this is exciting, because he does have a unique and rich creative vision for most of his films.

I don't understand what the sequel is about. What story is there to tell between the Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring?

If you want to see a great del Toro film check out The Devil's Backbone. It's amazing.

They're splitting the book into two movies.

I think Del Toro is a good choice given the kind of movies he's done in the past.

Yeah, wasn't the novel itself divided into two books? I seem to remember there being a separator page partway through.

Sad panda. Why no Peter Jackson now that the financial dispute is over?

He's the executive producer. Still heavily involved.

Good. Things will move forward.

You need to see more movies.

VERY BAD Language Warning, also you know, very vulgar:

I warned you. Seriously.

considering what del toro has done in the past I have high hopes for it

hopefully they will even fill in a few bits that were left to the imagination in the book, like when gandalf goes off to fight sauron in the forest.

<3 clerks 2

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so funny

Yeah, why does this need to be split into two movies. It's an f-ing children's book. It'd be a nice short movie, but... more than 2 hours.. from the hobbit?

With luck they'll delve deeper in the necromancer storyline.

Plus, especially during the first 3/4 of the book, each chapter is almost a complete adventure by itself. I can't see doing the book in one film.

Yeah. I don't mind. Eventually you'll be able to watch them back to back after you buy the DVDs (or blurays). Even the Extended Editions of the LOTR movies had no boring parts, as long as they were, so I doubt Hobbit will have either.