The Special Effects of the Hobbit

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Originally Posted by Mr. LowerLeftRow

Does anybody else have any opinions about how the Special Effects should be?

Well, I think there's lots in TH to excite the visual appetite, not necessarily all battle scenes either. In fact, in choosing some non-battle scenes there may be more scope for unique effects.


The barrel scene, for one. No amusement park water park slide/ride has ever matched it for fun, terror, thrills, excitement.

The giant spiders in Mirkwood. eeeeewwww! Lots of neat Sting-work, too. Actually, just the forest scenes themselves. Remember the eerie forest scenes in Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm?

The Battle of Lake-town. Okay, I said no battles. But a town built on stilts! Cooler than Cloud City--and dragon fire.

wargs, too. brrr.

If the special effects are used to enhance Tolkien's story elements and not merely to show off computer animation techniques, it could be awesome.