The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

qz

The premiere was on in Wellington!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1128/breaking16.html

Tens of thousands of people packed New Zealand's capital city, clambering on roofs and hanging onto lamp posts today to get a glimpse of the stars at the red carpet world premiere of the film The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey.

Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, renamed itself "the Middle of Middle Earth", and fans with prominent Hobbit ears, medieval style costumes, and wizard hats had camped out the night before to claim prized spaces along the 500 metre red carpet.

TobyRyan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2239666/The-Hobbit-world-premiere-Evangeline-Lilly-debuts-dramatic-makeover.html

Someone explain her part?

Zubeneschamali

TobyRyan wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2239666/The-Hobbit-world-premiere-Evangeline-Lilly-debuts-dramatic-makeover.html

Someone explain her part?

She's an elf in Mirkwood in film 2. We can't tell yet if it's a harmless makey-uppey role like Lurtz the Uruk in The Fellowship, or if they are going for a full-on Warrior Elf Romantic Interest for Main Character role.

TobyRyan

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

She's an elf in Mirkwood in film 2. We can't tell yet if it's a harmless makey-uppey role like Lurtz the Uruk in The Fellowship, or if they are going for a full-on Warrior Elf Romantic Interest for Main Character role.

I heard rumors of the latter, had no idea she was involved in the production Is Legolas being roped back into it as well?

Mellor

TobyRyan wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2239666/The-Hobbit-world-premiere-Evangeline-Lilly-debuts-dramatic-makeover.html

Someone explain her part?

Her character is Turiel, she's one if the mirkwood elves. Not specifically named in the book. But not many elves are. So they needed to flesh out the some elf characters for the battle if 5 armies, and probably the white council section too, which was not covered in the book

TobyRyan

Mellor wrote: »

Her character is Turiel, she's one if the mirkwood elves. Not specifically named in the book. But not many elves are. So they needed to flesh out the some elf characters for the battle if 5 armies, and probably the white council section too, which was not covered in the book

Sounds good:D

qz

She looks awful compared to when she was in Lost. I know it's been a few years, but she looks like she has aged a lot with that hair. Pity, I always thought she was a ride

Gbear

TobyRyan wrote: »

I heard rumors of the latter, had no idea she was involved in the production Is Legolas being roped back into it as well?

Although not named, Legolas would probably have been floating around. It is his gaf after all.

Mickeroo

Who would she be a romantic interest for?

Magill

Will reviews be coming out for the hobbit now that they've done the premier or... ?

Not sure how the whole film industry works with that sort of stuff.

Mickeroo

Magill wrote: »

Will reviews be coming out for the hobbit now that they've done the premier or... ?

Not sure how the whole film industry works with that sort of stuff.

I think reviews are embargoed until next week or something.

WolfForager

Embargoed until Dec 3rd I think.

403 Forbidden

Will there be any midnight showings?

Just wondering as I would prefer to see it at midnight

Thanks

Zubeneschamali

Mickeroo wrote: »

Who would she be a romantic interest for?

My Big Book of Hollywood Clichés suggests a good-looking male character who dies at the end.

Conall Cernach

TobyRyan wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2239666/The-Hobbit-world-premiere-Evangeline-Lilly-debuts-dramatic-makeover.html

Someone explain her part?

I see her as being a cheaper version of Liv Tyler for a XenArwen warrior princess type that PJ has wedged into the story. Unlike the Lurtz character from TFOTR this character Turiel is being played by a fairly well known actress and as such I imagine much like Liv Tyler's Arwen she'll have to have something to do and have a fair bit of dialogue. Also like Tyler's Arwen I expect most of this action and dialogue to be complete dreck.

maquiladora

Magill wrote: »

Will reviews be coming out for the hobbit now that they've done the premier or... ?

Not sure how the whole film industry works with that sort of stuff.

Reviews are embargoed until Dec 3rd (US press hasn't seen it yet).

Twitter reactions from people who were at the premiere has been very positive though.

Bryan Singer ‏@BryanSinger

Just saw #Hobbit. Having some serious frame rate envy. Amazing and involving. Loved it! And @ianmckellen118, my friend, you are brilliant!

Jonny Mole ‏@jonnymolenz

Wow, Hobbit was incredible - an epic!

Kylie Klein ‏@KokoKabana

The #Hobbit is everything I could have hoped for. Perfection. TWO MORE FILMS PLEASE. #3SR

Kylie Klein ‏@KokoKabana

Standing ovation for Peter and Fran. #hobbit http://instagr.am/p/SkB96EuXgB/

Bang-It BananaDawg™ ‏@wolf_monkey

So yeah- The Hobbit was pretty intense! :O

Steven Joyce ‏@stevenljoyce

Really enjoyed #Hobbit Unexpected Journey world premiere. Masterful movie. Congrats Sir Peter Jackson et al. Privilege 2 be there #HobbitNZ

Peter Dunne ‏@PeterDunneMP

@Fish_NZH yes, bold and dramatic, and did not seem like three hours

Cory Knights ‏@Ruptunex

****ing hell, The Hobbit looks stunning on the screen at Embassy and sounds even better

Seeby Woodhouse ‏@seeby

Peter Jackson is a f**ing legend. The hobbit was awesome. Go see it people. Support NZ like Pete does

Magill

maquiladora wrote: »

Reviews are embargoed until Dec 3rd (US press hasn't seen it yet).

Twitter reactions from people who were at the premiere has been very positive though.

Great stuff... Really want it to be up the standard the lotr set. Can't wait.........

WolfForager

maquiladora wrote: »

Reviews are embargoed until Dec 3rd (US press hasn't seen it yet).

Twitter reactions from people who were at the premiere has been very positive though.

Courtesy of NeoGaf :P

maquiladora

WolfForager wrote: »

Courtesy of NeoGaf :P

Really lookin forward to it now. Only a couple more weeks.

johnny_ultimate

As always with early screenings, its likely a lot of the people at the premiere would have been 'friends of the production' so definitely wouldn't take anything they say as gospel. Still, looking forward to the embargo removal - I want my faith restored that three films wasn't storytelling suicide.

elWizard

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

As always with early screenings, its likely a lot of the people at the premiere would have been 'friends of the production' so definitely wouldn't take anything they say as gospel. Still, looking forward to the embargo removal - I want my faith restored that three films wasn't storytelling suicide.

Yup, World Premiere attendees are like festival audiences, can't really be trusted.
The Guardian's list of reactions includes a lone voice daring to suggest that the first half is slow - disappointing, but not surprising. Presumably they're going to pad the sh*t out of these to make three full films:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/nov/28/the-hobbit-premiere-twitter-reviews?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9383

stoneill

neilloc wrote: »

Not to be pedantic, cos that is a beautiful shot, and I'm sure some of the river sequence was shot there, but that's not the location of the Argonath! I was only there in August, and I've attached a photo of it.

The shot is from the imagined perspective of the Argonath, looking down at the boats coming towards you. Which is why I'm pretending to be one of the Argonath (Yup, I'm that cool). Crazy that there's a major road running right along the top of the cliff, just out of shot in the movie!

Also, I've included a couple of photos of what Hobbiton looks like now. They've left it literally 100% as it is in the movies, which is just magical. Everyone should go...

It's the same place - see the little turn off on the road below you onto a dirt track?- that's where my pic was taken from

Mickeroo

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

My Big Book of Hollywood Clichés suggests a good-looking male character who dies at the end.

Surely not....

He's a bloody dwarf!!!

maquiladora

So, 6 days ago :

Cineworld Cinemas ‏@cineworld

IMAX have secured HFR Hobbit prints for Dublin, Nottingham & Sheffield IMAX sites. No info on which shows they'll be at this time

Today :

Cineworld Cinemas ‏@cineworld

@jamesking420 We will be showing The Hobbit in HFR, sites still TBC. We'll make an announcement on here shortly.

So even though you can book tickets now for IMAX 3D screenings, you don't know if you are booking tickets for the 48fps version or not. Ugh.

WolfForager

Problem with the IMAX showing is that it's a digitally remastered version of the movie for IMAX, the movie was not filmed with IMAX cameras. Therefore I'm unsure whether to see it in HFR at another cinema or go for the Cineworld offering...

johnny_ultimate

Cineworld 'IMAX' (ahem) is digital IMAX, so it wouldn't really make a difference.

WolfForager

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Cineworld 'IMAX' (ahem) is digital IMAX, so it wouldn't really make a difference.

Ah yes, that may be so. But the question remains, to see it as PJ intended it to be seen, HFR 3D, or IMAX HFR 3D. Suppose I'll just have to wait for impressions

Sad Professor

maquiladora wrote: »

So, 6 days ago :



Today :



So even though you can book tickets now for IMAX 3D screenings, you don't know if you are booking tickets for the 48fps version or not. Ugh.

I presume all IMAX showings will be HFR. It makes no sense to randomly throw in 24fps screenings.

Where can you book IMAX screenings btw? I can't find anything on the Cineworld site.

maquiladora

WolfForager wrote: »

Ah yes, that may be so. But the question remains, to see it as PJ intended it to be seen, HFR 3D, or IMAX HFR 3D. Suppose I'll just have to wait for impressions

The main reason I want to see if it Cineworld is that the seating looks horrible in Odeon Point Village. Don't want to be looking around heads in front of me to see the bottom 1/4 of the screen! Never been there but I've heard poor things about the viewing angle. Are those premium seats at the back worth it?

Odeon ISENSE:

johnny_ultimate

Sad Professor wrote: »

I presume all IMAX showings will be HFR. It makes no sense to randomly throw in 24fps screenings.

Where can you book IMAX screenings btw? I can't find anything on the Cineworld site.

When you go to book tickets at the sidebar there's on option to filter by 2D, 3D, IMAX etc...

15 euro for evening tickets though - ouch.