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Still don't know what to think.

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it's most people's favorite book but that other guy said it's boring with no comments

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the Hobbit was my least favorite because of it's childish nature

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I'm worried that they set the bar so high with the LOTR that everyone is setting themselves up for disappointment. Like if it isn't one of the best movies ever filmed then it will be considered a failure.

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Not crazy about so much more of the hobit being filmed in front of green screen than lotr. When I was doing the lotr tour in nz they said there would often be 4 groups filming throughout the 2 islands during lotr. There were only 2 for the hobbit with much less location filming. One of the coolest things about lotr to me was the epic landscapes which were actually real. Gave a much grander feel to the films. Other than that...... Can't wait.

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Safe bet we won't be getting those this time, and if we do it will add 15 minutes tops.

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the first cut of FOTR was 6 hours long

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I'm not talking about the length of the theatrical cut or the extended edition. I'm talking about the rough cut of their footage before they really went through the editing process.

I'm pretty confident it's correct that it was around 6 hours or something. I will have to find a source for you though.

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Additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance in The Fellowship of the Ring prologue.
An obscure shot from the trailers of two Elven girls playing about in Rivendell.
Scene mentioned in The Fellowship of the Ring commentary, about an animal disrupting Frodo and Sam while they sleep, after seeing the Wood Elves. Many animals were used, including rabbits and deer.[10]
Dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring.[10]
An attack by Orcs from Moria on Lothlórien after the Fellowship leaves Moria. Jackson replaced this with a more suspenseful entrance for the Fellowship. Much of the lost footage can be seen as promotional material on The Fellowship of the Ring theatrical DVD and tie-in books, documentary footage on the Extended Editions, and Trading Cards.
More Arwen footage, including a flashback scene of her first meeting with a beardless Aragorn (seen in The Two Towers teaser).
Faramir having a vision of Frodo becoming like Gollum.[13]
Footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep, cut by Jackson during a revision to the film's plot. Foreshadowing this sequence were scenes where Arwen and Elrond visit Galadriel at Lothlórien (seen in The Two Towers teaser trailer). The scene was edited down to a telepathic communication between Elrond and Galadriel.[13]
Théoden speaking to the troops in the armoury, prior to the Battle of Helm's Deep.
Éowyn defending the refugees in the Glittering Caves from Uruk-hai intruders.[27]
An unknown scene displayed in The Two Towers preview of Éomer lowering a spear while riding his horse in a forest.
Frodo and Sam fighting on the ground in Osgiliath (after Sam tackles Frodo away from the Ringwraith). The scene's fighting was deleted, but Frodo drawing Sting and pointing it at Sam after he is tackeled was left in.[28]
A line of dialogue during the death of Saruman, in which he reveals that Wormtongue poisoned Théodred, giving further context as to why Wormtongue kills Saruman and Legolas in turn kills Wormtongue.[29]
A conversation between Elrond and Arwen in a library in Rivendell, after Arwen decides to wait for Aragorn. Elrond leaves, saying, "You gave away your life's grace. I cannot protect you anymore."[30]
Sam using the Light of Eärendil to pass the Watchers at Cirith Ungol.
Aragorn having his armour fitted during the preparations for the Battle of the Black Gate. This was the final scene filmed during principal photography.[17]
Sauron fighting Aragorn at the Black Gate. A computer-generated Troll was placed over Sauron due to Jackson feeling the scene was inappropriate. Sauron is also seen in a beautiful form as Annatar, Giver of Gifts.[17]
Also at the Black Gate sequence, Pippin was seen in the trailer holding a wounded Merry, a scene which takes place after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields upon Pippin discovering Merry under the mûmak.
Further epilogue footage, including that of Legolas and Gimli, as well as Éowyn and Faramir's wedding and Aragorn's death and funeral.[31]

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Sorry if this is resurrectiong a dead thread.

This is part of my concern about the hobbit. But I think they are going to have a lot of real locations in the movie. They are filming completely differently than they did before (block shooting) so this might be a reason why there are only 2 units rather than 4.

Also, using green screen doesn't always mean there won't be real locations inserted into the backgrounds. They could just film a location and insert it to the bacground rather than CGI it.

My concern though is the increase in the use of CGI and how it looks so far. They can't do miniatures anymore so they have to use CGI instead. But from what I saw the CGI has me pretty worried. Gollum, and the stone giants looks great but stuff like that wide shot of rivendell, some of the sky, and especially the wargs, trolls, and goblins look REALLY CGI.

Maybe it's not completed yet but so far the stuff looks not even close to as good as the CGI from LOTR. I know it's a fantasy film but LOTR always had a sense of realism behind that. From what I've seen in the trailers, I'm getting a mix of realism with video game footage. I hate it when people say that CGI looks like a video game but here I found myself saying it.

Anyone else agree?

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