darkness wrote:I eagerly await for all three films to be released when someone will edit them down into one film called the Hobbit as they probably should be.

big d note wrote:- The Mirkwood escape in the barrels. It seriously reminded me of the stupid chase scene in Indiana Jones 4. Worst part of the movie.

• was roughly eleventy billion percent better than the first film.
• was very much a peter jackson film. really kind of wishing del toro had done these, would have been curious to see it a bit darker. i mean, jackson is the first person on camera in this film in his little cameo, as if to hammer us over the head with the thought that this is HIS. yeah pete, obviously.
• i found myself not too terribly upset with the creative license, pulling in parts of other stories to bring in other characters (ie, legolas). i get why he did it, and while it is kind of pandering, it wasn't terribly out of place of awful.
• smaug was... well, he was cool i guess, but i really liked the characterization in the original animated film, where he was kind of lazily awakened and couldn't be bothered with this wee little burglar at first. in this film, he was immediately wide awake and slithering all over the place. i got the feeling he was doing this simply because they could make him do this. was also kind of bummed he didn't say some of the classic lines. i realize you can't please everybody, but these points make me kind of disappointed in smaug. but, at least we saw him do his thing this time i guess.
• soooo much CGI. entire film felt like a cartoon. i've had it with this shit. hey hollywood, all of us out here are to the point where we assume you can do anything you can imagine with CGI. no one is impressed by it. stop doing things just because you can. my kingdom for some actual practical effects! i'm fine with CG that enhances or actually aids with certain things, but to base an entire film/series of films on it is just enraging. i'm not even sure these guys were actually walking or wearing prosthetic beards in this one.

TC wrote: [*]soooo much CGI. entire film felt like a cartoon. i've had it with this shit. hey hollywood, all of us out here are to the point where we assume you can do anything you can imagine with CGI. no one is impressed by it. stop doing things just because you can. my kingdom for some actual practical effects! i'm fine with CG that enhances or actually aids with certain things, but to base an entire film/series of films on it is just enraging. i'm not even sure these guys were actually walking or wearing prosthetic beards in this one.[/list]

io9 wrote:The Third Hobbit Movie May Change Its Title To Something More Badass

Even back when it was the second Hobbit movie, the third Hobbit movie has always held the subtitle There and Back Again, based on the actual secondary title of Tolkien's book. But now New Line may be thinking of switching the name to the somewhat more exciting The Hobbit: Into the Fire.

The reason that site TheOneRing.net believes the change is happening is because they learned New Line has recently registered this very title, much as it did with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug shortly after it was announced that the two movies would be stretched to a trilogy. The site offers a variety of potential reasons for the change, from it technically being inaccurate with where the third movie starts, or an homage to The Hobbit chapter title "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire" but I think we can safely assume that as the film has crept closer to its actual release, the most authentic Hobbit subtitle is also its most boring.

Meanwhile, I'm holding out hope that New Line will pick The Hobbit: Citizens on Patrol.

DH wrote:Third "Hobbit" Gets "Five Armies" Title

The rumors were true, Peter Jackson has revealed on his Facebook page that the upcoming third film in "The Hobbit" trilogy, previously going by the name "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" is getting a new title.

However it's not the shortened "The Hobbit: Into the Fire" as previously mentioned. Instead, they're going back to the longer title previously mentioned as an alternate a few years ago: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies". Jackson explains his decision thusly and updates the current status of the film:

"Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo's own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we've gone along. "There and Back Again" felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived 'there' in the 'Desolation of Smaug'.

When we did the premiere trip late last year, I had a quiet conversation with the studio about the idea of revisiting the title. We decided to keep an open mind until a cut of the film was ready to look at. We reached that point last week, and after viewing the movie, we all agreed there is now one title that feels completely appropriate. And so: 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' it is.

As Professor Tolkien intended, 'There and Back Again' encompasses Bilbo's entire adventure, so don't be surprised if you see it used on a future box-set of all three movies.

Before then however, we have a film to finish, and much to share with you. It's been a nice quiet time for us—Jabez and I happily editing away in a dark cave in Wellington—but those halcyon days are quickly coming to an end. It will soon be time to step into the light. Expect to see and hear much about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in the coming months.

And there's also The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Cut, which we're in the process of finishing, with over 25 mins of new scenes, all scored with original music composed by Howard Shore."