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The parts I like of the Lord of the Rings trilogy are the intimate moments between characters. Battle scenes, as a rule, bore me. These films were a chore for me to slog through but that's my own preferences. I can tell they were well-made and visually interesting; I was just not into them.

So, Jackson knows how to bring out appropriate performances for the film in question. He made me feel for the relationship between a pretty lady and a giant ape and two crazy high school girls plotting murder most foul. I think he can handle The Hobbit, which has neither bestiality nor crazy high school quasi-lesbians.

The hobbit isn't entirely intimate. The battle scene at the end is fairly massive, I seem to recall.

Tonally I don't find the nature of The Hobbit that much more intimate than LOTR. The writing style is a step easier, but the narrative itself has many of the same nuts and bolts (walk, fight, run, reflect, hide, strategize, etc.), or at least that's true of the elements they chose to adapt into the already released films.

The Hobbit should probably be lighter and a little less stodgy than Jackson's trilogy, but LOTR had its effective intimate moments and humor. Assuming Jackson hasn't completely lost his youthful spirit (and it's hard to imagine that ever applying to a guy that did make Meet The Feebles), I think he's still got it in him to give us a very good rendition.

Ha! now LOTRtards now get to wait five more years to see three hours of some midget walking.

del toro would have been a better choice (only if he could have kept his comic sensibilities in check and brought his best Pan's Labyrinth game, which he probably could) but Jackson is a great choice based on his work in the first lotr movie. Fellowship was my favorite and its structure most closely resembles the Hobbit of the three. That's prety much the litmus test. Like that film? You'll probably like the Hobbit.

I'm glad Del Toro isn't on this project. His non-blockbusters are such very great movies. he is now free to do something more interesting. I didn't hate hellboy(s) but i sure didnt love it either. Pan's labyrinth flattened me, floored me, had me talking about it long after, each detail, the use of sound, the ambivalence. one of the great films period. the devil's backbone was great too. it's hard for me to reconcile the direcotr of hellboy with the guy who did these great movies. i liked cronos too.

what's really awesome is listening to del toro talk about anything. you just have to love that man. he watched carpenter's The Thing and loved it, and said it reminded him of soccer(and made him want to make movies). soccer. crazy nutter genius.

I saw the Hobbit in theatres, the Bass/Rankin version and liked it very well, thank you very much. some of the magic of my boyhood, along with bakshi's unfinished take on LOTR. in theatres, i almost cried it scared me so much. i sometimes wish i could bring that child mind to the movies today. actually, i probably do.

Jackson's Lord of the rings was engaging and a perfectly immersive visual spectacle. but in the end, i felt like i was watching a war movie with fantasy costumes. i'm not a big war movie guy.

Dude, don't complain about Jackson, they were talking to Brett fucking Ratner!

At least Jackson cares about the source material.

Two hobbits walk into a bar where one of them picks up a barfly. They taker her to the local motel. The first hobbit goes into the motel room while the other waits outside. Once the door closes, the hobbit on the outside hears starnge noises through the door, "I can't do it, I can't do it, I CAN'T DO IT!"
In the morning, the second hobbit askes the first, "How did it go?" The first one answers. "It was embarrassing. I simply couldn't do it." The second hobbit shook his head. "Manhood problems, eh?" "No. I couldn't get on the bed!"

I don't really like Peter Jackson all that much and honestly I did not like the LOTR movies much at all. I found the dialogue almost unbearable but I admit the battles were pretty tight.

i have a copy of the similaron the children of hurin the hobbit and lord of the rings with actual maps and indexes I'll make sure the director is accurate to the source material

Perhaps his reluctance to step behind the camera for this one was due to his intending the 'prequel', to have a different feel to his films.

The Fellowship of the Ring tonally seems similar to the Hobbit at the beginning, but then becomes this darker story, with phantom riders, barrow wights and daggers that kill innocent souls.

I reckon Jackson could pull it off, but if he has misgivings, that's not a great sign.

Wasn't Jackson the "original" chosen director? Didn't he get fired for some lawsuit dating back to the LOTR movies?

I just want papers signed, the waiting is the worst. I wanted Peter Jackson making this movie yesterday.

What's up with the LOTR's hate y'all? Those movies are perfect and gorgeous, with awesome fight scenes and tremendous acting.

Thinking about The Hobbit directed by Peter Jackson, with Ian McKellan, Kate Blanchett, and Hugo Weaving returning, James McAvoy as Bilbo, AND it's filmed in 3D OMG that takes me to a happy place. A place where everything is right in the world.

Why can't we all just be happy about this. I just don't get all the smack talk. Both LOTRs are classics and will be read and watched for the next 100+ years.

Yay this movie so much!

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PJ for the Hobbit? Nah. What this movie really needs is:

L U C A S !!!!!!!

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This is the best and most obvious choice. Jackson knocked the LOTR movies out of the park. They far exceeded my expectations. I find the movies to be better than the books in almost every way. I love these movies and can watch them at any time.

I'm glad to hear he's back for The Hobbit.

As for Jackson's other works, I really liked "Heavenly Creatures" and thought "Frighteners" was very good.

I thought "King Kong" was a complete piece of shit. Bloated. Boring. Bland. Blech.

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He sucked all the humor and charm out of Lord of the Rings! And don't get me wrong, I liked the movies. I just don't think they mirror the books well. It's not the lack of intimacy that bothers me, it's that the books are lighter than the movies. It's a tone problem. And The Hobbit is so lovely in its humor and almost quaint characters. He'll make it an epic. It's not supposed to be an epic! Plus, they say Gandalf wrong.

I just hope that he doesn't rewrite the story and ruin it like he did to LOTR movies.