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It's been a while since you read it, hasn't it. ;)

Hang on, that sounds reasonable to me too.
They're caught by spiders and then imprisoned by elves in Mirkwood.

Although it means all the exposition is in film one and all the flashy stuff (SMAUG!) is in film two.

But I admit - it has been a while since I read it.

Hobbits?

Dwarves. And one hobbit. ;)

Gotcha!

I loved the book as a Kid , and i'm looking forward to the movie ,
So they add a bit here or there or crop a bit ,
so what , i bet it will be a great flick(s)

D'oh! :smack:

OK. Here's the bird's eye low-down on this caper. Yesterday I heard an interview with a "Tolkien Scholar". He was asked if the movie seemed "stretched", in order to fill out three movies. He said that Jackson has incorporated goings-on in Middle Earth that happened during the time that The Hobbit takes place, but were not included in the story. He got them from the LOTR appendices (probably The Tale Of Years). Off hand, I remember that Gandalf's reason for leaving the company at Mirkwood was that he met with The White Council, who subsequently drove The Necromancer out of Dol Guldor. This would explain Galadriel's and Saruman's inclusion in the movies.

Having learned this, I'm all in for 3 movies.

Awesome! I can't wait.

When I heard it was in three parts, I automatically assumed that Peter Jackson was going to fill in the story by fleshing out events that were known to have happened at that time. I think I even said to Pooka something about I hope they show us what Gandalf was doing when he went off on his business. The best thing about Tolkein's world is that there is no guesswork--somehwere in his other works the details are recorded.

Last night Pooka and I were discussing how they might break the story into three parts. As we have already seen Gollum in the trailers, I assume the first movie gets them to under the mountain. That leaves the wolves, eagles, Beorn, Mirkwood, the spiders, the capture by elves, escape and barrel ride, Laketown, investigating the mountain, Smaug, killing Smaug, showdown at the Dwarves stronghold, and the battle of the five armies.

SonofV and I have tickets to The Hobbit. Tonight's the final night for the film's run at The Cinerama. It's an **awesome** theater. And this presentation is the superduper one, 3D, 48 fps, wiiiiidescreen (but not IMAX). I'll let you know how it turns out!

Ripley and I saw it in 3d. Didn't really make it better....except the theater was empty, so that was cool. I wanted the glasses off about half way through, but then it was fuzzy

Cool.

Just for grins, I'm posting this from the bus--connected to the free on board wifi.

Humph.
Turns out Dad did NOT want to see The Hobbit. Well, at least not with me. I asked three times than stopped because I could tell he was getting cross.

And both the 'rents went to see Les Mis without me.
Despite knowing I wanted to see it, following the conversation "Are you really going to see it without me?". Mum having had apparently forgotten that I was the one who paid for them the see the stage show - seats in the Stalls thank you very much - and have seen it about ten times myself. "I didn't think you'd want to see it," she said duplicitously.

haven't seen Les Miz, but I hear it's beautifully grim. I hope your Mum wasn't shutting you out to be mean to you. :(

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The Hobbit was *gorgeous*. SonofV wanted to sit in the balcony. We were the first in the theater, and had the place to ourselves for fifteen minutes or so. Eventually another twenty-five people came in. It's a big theater. Why two other couples decided that they had to sit almost directly adjacent to us is a mystery.

Anyhow, it was truly beautiful, I wonder how much of the scenery is real and how much is CGI

Nah, she is proud of me at the moment. She just wanted to go at a time when they could use their Senior Discount. It bugged me but I can understand it.

Wish I'd got to see The Hobbit with Dad though.
I expect most of the scenery is real. My Aunt is a Kiwi. The place is breathtaking.