The Hobbit

Obsidian Fire

Obsidian Fire

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The Arkenstone! No rock collection is complete without it.

And I keep drooling whenever I see Dwarven architecture...
 
Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker

~The Other Side of Fear~
Going with the boytoy's family to see this (wow, they're not completely stupid! how about that?) and intrigued to see what happens. Here I thought it was suppose to be only two movies but now I learn it's three. I certainly am curious how they're suppose to pad all that out, but since I never read the Hobbit, I suppose there's lots they can do that will not matter to me. Here's to hoping it's as good as it looks.
 
Glaurung

Glaurung

Forgot the cutesy in my other pants. Sorry.
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Mama Dragon
Dawnbreaker said:
Going with the boytoy's family to see this (wow, they're not completely stupid! how about that?) and intrigued to see what happens. Here I thought it was suppose to be only two movies but now I learn it's three. I certainly am curious how they're suppose to pad all that out, but since I never read the Hobbit, I suppose there's lots they can do that will not matter to me. Here's to hoping it's as good as it looks.
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You have enought time to read the book before the second movie comes out.

On the other hand, watching the third movie with no previous knowledge should be interesting...
 
Obsidian Fire

Obsidian Fire

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The Engineer
It's almost here! :excited:

RE: Interview
It's always nice to see actors who love and respect source material. It at least makes me want to give her character benefit of the doubt until I see the movie.
 
Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Tets
Peter Jackson said:
We have a tradition in our Tolkien films of having a song over the closing credits. It's very important that the song feels right for the world of the movie - and also carries the emotional resonance of the end of that particular film.

The Desolation of Smaug is no different. The ending of this film requires a voice and sensibility that will allow an viewer to process what they have just experienced.

It's always tricky to think of the right person to create and performance these songs. Someone who shares our passion for Tolkien, and somebody who is prepared to respect the film.

This year we are thrilled to have Ed Sheeran write and perform our closing song, "I See Fire".

My daughter Katie, deserves total credit for bringing Ed to our movie. He was touring New Zealand earlier this year, and Katie introduced me to his music. Beautiful haunting songs, full of passion and coming from a very genuine place in his heart.

We heard that Ed was a fan of our movies, so while he was playing in Wellington, we invited him around for a tour.

He then headed off to join Taylor Swift on a concert tour. But we had exchanged e-mail addresses.

A few weeks ago, we were puzzling about who to approach about the song that had to be written and recorded very quickly. We now had a strong feeling about the tone of the song, but we needed to find the right voice.

Katie reminded us about how great Ed's voice was, and how right it would be. Fran and I got it the second she mentioned it.

And I had his e-mail address.

I wrote to him on a Sunday morning, and asked if he was interested. He would need to fly down to NZ to see the movie, because it was critical he write from the perspective of the audience.

Within 48hrs he was in Wellington, having immediately jumped on a plane from London with his manager Stuart Camp, who was instantly supportive and helpful.

Ed watched the movie at Park Road Post, immediately went into a room, and started writing and singing. Much of what you will hear on this song was recorded that same day, with a few overdubs and tweaks the following day.

Despite having never played the violin in his life, Ed thought he might try overdubbing one himself, and Katie raced out to borrow a rather battered one from a school friend.

Pete Cobbin from Abbey Road was at Park Road mixing Howard's musical score, and was able to mix the song with Ed.

It was a great experience, and what you will see in this video are moments captured by our behind the scenes team during the creation of the song.

But the images are only supporting Ed's wonderful song. This is his direct emotional response to seeing The Desolation of Smaug, written and performed on the same day he saw the movie.

I am very proud to present "I See Fire”.
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Obsidian Fire

Obsidian Fire

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The Engineer
Dang. That fits The Lonely Mountain and all the stuff that happens at Dale so well. Love the limited instrument choice.
 
Kuroto

Kuroto

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I think the song is really pop compared to the other films. But it's really lovely though.

Also, has anyone else noticed how all the singers in the songs during the closing credits in LOTR were female and how they have so far chosen two male artists for the songs in the Hobbit movies? I'm wondering if they're going for just male singers this time. :awesome:
 
Cthulhu

Cthulhu

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Tetsujin said:
The movie theme song that ties into the actual themes of the movie is a rare thing nowadays.
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The LotR movies got it spot-on tbh. Final Fantasy is imho the exact opposite.



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I think the main difference here is not the singing, but the music - same orchestra / composer and shit. I think. A lot of inappropriate credits music is just in a completely different style from the main movie's theme.
 
Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Tets
RigloEldridgev said:
thank you so much for sharing ....
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Why, this doesn't seem like a spambot at all!

The LotR movies got it spot-on tbh. Final Fantasy is imho the exact opposite.
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I don't quite agree. At least FFVIII - X used the theme songs as a leitmotif.

But yeah, they stopped doing that for later games. =/
Basically, after Uematsu stopped composing both the in-game music and the theme song.
 
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X-SOLDIER

X-SOLDIER

Harbinger O Great Justice
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X
Just gotta say: the extended version is FUCKING AWESOME.

More Dwarf shenanigans at Bilbo's home
More foreshadowing about the Ring/Sauron
More White Council
More Rivendell overall (especially the sense that Bilbo is in love with being there)
More explanation about the Elf/Dwarf Tension
TINY BILBO
Better Fights (as always)
Goblin King is a lot more showy
More Dwarf character development (esp. Nori & Kili)
More Smaug at the beginning (the clips of him attacking the city from The Desolation of Smaug trailer are from this)

tl;dr - it's very worth checking out.



X :neo:
 
Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Tets
My ext. edition won't arrive until wednesday. Ordered from the UK since it was like 10 euros cheaper.
 
Cthulhu

Cthulhu

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Yop
I can imagine the fan club is like a billion times higher these days, :monster:. Was Facebook around when LotR was?

...fuck me LotR is old.
 
Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Tets
I just got my extended edition. :D

I do wish they'd designed the box like the LotR EE DVD sets though. Those were beautiful.
 
Tetsujin

Tetsujin

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Tets
Just finished it. I honestly can't tell you which scenes were new...
apart from the naked dwarves in Rivendell? And the singing Goblin king?
. :wacky:

Of course, it is a rather lengthy movie that I had only watched once a year ago, so I don't remember the details too well...:monster:
Then again, it was the same with the LotR movies and the new scenes seemed more notable to me back then.
 
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