Most of my own thoughts on this matter have been rather well covered!<P>As for the potential for anticlimax with the Battle of Five Armies following the Death of Smaug, perhaps that can be handled with the suggestions of a great battle put together with narrative. The interval between Smaug's demise and the Battle could also be filmed with far more brevity than the literary telling requires.<P>OR MAYBE WE REALLY NEED TWO EXTENDED FILMS TO TELL THE WHOLE TALE! (Nah. But then we could have all the backstory we desire.)<P>Gandalf became aware of Sauron as the Necromancer LONG before the Ring was discovered, 2850 TA, in fact, when he was in Dol Goldur. Bilbo was not even born until 2890!<P>Aragorn would have been 10 years old when Bilbo first set eyes on Rivendell, however, he did not meet Gandalf until he was 35.<P>Gimli was a young dwarf at the time and was not permitted to go on the Quest. How much would Gloin, or even Thorin, have resembled the adult Gimli? (Make up does wonders of course...)<P>As the Rankin-Bass production shows, it is possible to be fairly true to the book. Nevertheless, I imagine that the Extended Hobbit will be more satisfactory.<P>Oh. And while Elrond was not particularly grumpy, he might have been a little smug over his discovery of the rune letters on Thorin's map...<P>I cannot imagine Arwen in anything more than a Rivendell cameo, but I might be pleasantly surprised.
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12-10-2003, 10:35 AM
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