The Animated Movie - Page 5

08-27-2005, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willow Oran

But the movie really wasn't all that bad till it got to mirkwood and we discovered that someone had done away with the wood elves and placed a bunch of blue goblinesque, furwearing things in their part.

Why, oh why, did you have to say that?

I read it once and chuckled...then when back for a second go and sneezed, spit, and squirted my soda all over my keyboard... Very funny

08-27-2005, 02:16 PM

Anyway, I didn't _hate_ the animated Hobbit. I _really_ enjoyed the music, gandalf's voice, gollum's voice, and smaug's voice.

I especially liked Gandalf's intro. "Long ago, when this ancient world wasn't quite so ancient..."

I was _not_ crazy about the elf-things that were in mirkwood...Not to mention the goblins were just ludicrously short-legged. Kinda like the Tasmanian Devil.

***Jonathan*** · 09-04-2005, 08:49 AM

The goblins reminded me of Jabba the Hutt.

I watched the Hobbit last year and had mixed feelings about it. The characters looked awful and they surely didn't put a lot of effort into the animations. Fili and Kili were cute though with their blond little beards.
I enjoyed the singing, even though it sounded really bad at times. It helped bring the movie closer to the book imo.

I liked how the elves look. Not at all like in the artworks by John Howe, Alan Lee and the other famous concept artists. When I first read The Hobbit (which was my first book by Tolkien) I envisioned the elves looking like that basically. It wasn't until I later read the Silmarillion that I understood that the elves were in fact beautiful beings. Anyway, the movie brought out the same feelings I felt when I read the book for the first time years ago.

webwizard333 · 08-04-2002, 10:50 AM

I don't think I've ever seen the animated Hobbit, though I did see (and instantly forget) the Bakshi version. It looks like its making a quick comeback with the new FotR movie's popularity, as it was in one of the cashier shelves noirmally reserved for new releases in my local Best Buy. I think I'll make a effort though to rent it from my library.

WiseWizard · 08-04-2002, 02:22 PM

I was also at the cast party for Hobbit with Willow Oran. I also agree completely with everything she said. There were, however, two things she didn't mention which truly disturbed me to the very seat of my soul.
First, Gandalf. Everything about him. I played Gandalf, and it shamed me to watch his portrayal in the movie. What was up with that nose? I mean, really, no one, not even wizards, has that long of a nose. It looked like they had taken a drawing of a stick and attached it to his face!

Though, I did think that it was quite cool that lightning followed him everywhere he went.

Second, where were everyone's pants?!? I felt like I was being violated every time a man sat down and didn't cross his legs.

Must get rid of bad image......thanks again, Willow!

Willow Oran · 08-04-2002, 03:32 PM

Indeed, the missing pants were rather traumatizing. So was the way they had Bill the Pony get eaten by the squid thing in LOTR. And what was up with the battle of the random dots? We also had the animated RotK at the cast party but nobody wanted to watch it after the other two. The anmated movies are really quite painful to watch, especially if you've just finished performing a superior version.

WiseWizard · 08-04-2002, 05:12 PM

NO, Bill is NOT dead! The tentacles were only reaching for him! He could've gotten away! Damn it, he could've gotten away! *begins sobbing*
*takes on Charlton Heston accent* Damn them! Damn them all to hell!

Willow Oran · 08-05-2002, 02:12 PM

The ponies in the Hobbit didn't get away though. They were eaten by those things that were supposedly goblins but looked more like overgrown walruses with fur and legs.

Celandine · 08-06-2002, 02:16 PM

i didn't see all of it but the parts i did were interesting...

Dolenloteiel · 08-08-2002, 02:52 PM

I saw those movies as well. They were very dissapointing, and I nearly fell asleep. My sis kept me awake.

Diaxion · 08-18-2002, 11:42 PM

Well movie was my either second or third intro to Tolkien but of course the book was better.

WiseWizard · 08-19-2002, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dolenloteiel
I saw those movies as well. They were very dissapointing, and I nearly fell asleep. My sis kept me awake.

You were forced to stay awake just to see that movie? I'm extremely sorry. I know it's not my fault, but someone needs to apologize.

katya · 08-19-2002, 06:07 PM

i saw this movie a long long time ago. it was the first i had heard of tolkien...very long ago. i hated it. i absolutely hated it. its not that i thought it was bad. i dont remember whether it was bad or not. i just thought it was the scariest thing since the brave little toaster. the spiders were just too much. i probably had nightmares for a week. that was back in the day though. i was afraid of the animated robin hood too.

Xeta · 08-23-2002, 08:30 AM

What i would like to know is why there is someone who is unregistered, posting and replying to himself on the same thread. but to set the record straight, here it is.

The movie that only goes halfway through way by Ralph Bashki, and that was terrible.

There was a movie of the hobbit, and one of RoTK, and those were by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, and they were pretty good.

Xeta · 08-23-2002, 08:31 AM

What i would like to know is why there is someone who is unregistered, posting and replying to himself on the same thread. but to set the record straight, here it is.

The movie that only goes halfway through was by Ralph Bashki, and that was terrible.

There was a movie of the hobbit, and one of RoTK, and those were by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, and they were pretty good.

WiseWizard · 08-23-2002, 03:42 PM

You thought the Hobbit movie was good? Admittedly I am biased against the cartoon failure because I acted as Gandalf in a production of Hobbit, but still, I don't see how that travesty of nature could be called "good".

Willow Oran · 08-23-2002, 09:50 PM

I too do not see how it good be considered good. But I'm biased against it because I played Elrond in the production of the Hobbit WiseWizard mentioned. I was better at it, just as the rest of the cast was better at the people they had been cast as.

WiseWizard · 08-25-2002, 09:40 PM

That reminds me....what was up with those stars circling Elrond's head in the cartoon?

Tanoliel · 08-29-2002, 12:58 AM

Eru only knows.

Personally, I thought that all the animated Tolkien was a travesty of nature (I think that's the right phrase...

). In other words, it was the most terribly horribly awfully disgutingly icky piece of adaption work I've very seen in my life. Er...so yes, I disliked it.
-tano

WiseWizard · 08-29-2002, 06:05 PM

Calm down, Tano. Though....I agree whole-heartedly.

09-04-2005, 08:49 AM	#3
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	The goblins reminded me of Jabba the Hutt. I watched the Hobbit last year and had mixed feelings about it. The characters looked awful and they surely didn't put a lot of effort into the animations. Fili and Kili were cute though with their blond little beards. I enjoyed the singing, even though it sounded really bad at times. It helped bring the movie closer to the book imo. I liked how the elves look. Not at all like in the artworks by John Howe, Alan Lee and the other famous concept artists. When I first read The Hobbit (which was my first book by Tolkien) I envisioned the elves looking like that basically. It wasn't until I later read the Silmarillion that I understood that the elves were in fact beautiful beings. Anyway, the movie brought out the same feelings I felt when I read the book for the first time years ago. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

08-04-2002, 10:50 AM	#4
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	I don't think I've ever seen the animated Hobbit, though I did see (and instantly forget) the Bakshi version. It looks like its making a quick comeback with the new FotR movie's popularity, as it was in one of the cashier shelves noirmally reserved for new releases in my local Best Buy. I think I'll make a effort though to rent it from my library. __________________ Boo!

08-04-2002, 02:22 PM	#5
WiseWizard Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: the darkest region of Mirkwood (and trust me, it's really dark) Posts: 331	I was also at the cast party for Hobbit with Willow Oran. I also agree completely with everything she said. There were, however, two things she didn't mention which truly disturbed me to the very seat of my soul. First, Gandalf. Everything about him. I played Gandalf, and it shamed me to watch his portrayal in the movie. What was up with that nose? I mean, really, no one, not even wizards, has that long of a nose. It looked like they had taken a drawing of a stick and attached it to his face! Though, I did think that it was quite cool that lightning followed him everywhere he went. Second, where were everyone's pants?!? I felt like I was being violated every time a man sat down and didn't cross his legs. Must get rid of bad image......thanks again, Willow! __________________ My motto: Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over. ------------------------------------------------ "Upstage me and I'll crush your kneecaps!" ------------------------------------------------ "It's been a while since I've been 130." -Aaron Reichgott ------------------------------------------------ You know, the world's full of apathy...but I don't care. ------------------------------------------------ "I would've honked, but I might have hit you." -Janaki ------------------------------------------------ "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have gone to college that year." -Lewis Black ------------------------------------------------ "I have one speed which varies according to my mood." -Kristy Pihl ------------------------------------------------ "When I get a fever, I can hear my mom's voice in my head. But she's alive, not dead, so it's not as exciting." -Anna Crandall ------------------------------------------------ "It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you're bloodthirsty." -Rachel Carlson ------------------------------------------------- "My mind is a whirling miasma." -Jeff E. ------------------------------------------------- "I think earth is the Alabama of the universe and we don't even know it." ------------------------------------------------- "You can't just apologize the laziness of my bunnies away." -Taylor S.B. ------------------------------------------------- I'm a sadistic massochist. I'm always happy.

08-04-2002, 03:32 PM	#6
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	Indeed, the missing pants were rather traumatizing. So was the way they had Bill the Pony get eaten by the squid thing in LOTR. And what was up with the battle of the random dots? We also had the animated RotK at the cast party but nobody wanted to watch it after the other two. The anmated movies are really quite painful to watch, especially if you've just finished performing a superior version. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

08-04-2002, 05:12 PM	#7
WiseWizard Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: the darkest region of Mirkwood (and trust me, it's really dark) Posts: 331	NO, Bill is NOT dead! The tentacles were only reaching for him! He could've gotten away! Damn it, he could've gotten away! begins sobbing takes on Charlton Heston accent Damn them! Damn them all to hell! __________________ My motto: Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over. ------------------------------------------------ "Upstage me and I'll crush your kneecaps!" ------------------------------------------------ "It's been a while since I've been 130." -Aaron Reichgott ------------------------------------------------ You know, the world's full of apathy...but I don't care. ------------------------------------------------ "I would've honked, but I might have hit you." -Janaki ------------------------------------------------ "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have gone to college that year." -Lewis Black ------------------------------------------------ "I have one speed which varies according to my mood." -Kristy Pihl ------------------------------------------------ "When I get a fever, I can hear my mom's voice in my head. But she's alive, not dead, so it's not as exciting." -Anna Crandall ------------------------------------------------ "It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you're bloodthirsty." -Rachel Carlson ------------------------------------------------- "My mind is a whirling miasma." -Jeff E. ------------------------------------------------- "I think earth is the Alabama of the universe and we don't even know it." ------------------------------------------------- "You can't just apologize the laziness of my bunnies away." -Taylor S.B. ------------------------------------------------- I'm a sadistic massochist. I'm always happy.

08-27-2005, 02:16 PM	#2
Acran Mern Guest Posts: n/a	Anyway, I didn't _hate_ the animated Hobbit. I _really_ enjoyed the music, gandalf's voice, gollum's voice, and smaug's voice. I especially liked Gandalf's intro. "Long ago, when this ancient world wasn't quite so ancient..." I was _not_ crazy about the elf-things that were in mirkwood...Not to mention the goblins were just ludicrously short-legged. Kinda like the Tasmanian Devil.

08-05-2002, 02:12 PM	#8
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	The ponies in the Hobbit didn't get away though. They were eaten by those things that were supposedly goblins but looked more like overgrown walruses with fur and legs. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

08-06-2002, 02:16 PM	#9
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	i didn't see all of it but the parts i did were interesting...

08-08-2002, 02:52 PM	#10
Dolenloteiel I elenfea Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Somewhere in the chaos between the first and second ages! (Actually, CO) Posts: 556	I saw those movies as well. They were very dissapointing, and I nearly fell asleep. My sis kept me awake. __________________ "Middle Earth is a real place. And it is New Zealand." Sir Ian McKellan **************************** QUESTION AUTHORITY Ask me anything ************************** "I have not failed, I've only found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison ************************** Visit Tolkien RP Site! Need members, RP all three Ages! (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) http://elvellon.suddenlaunch2.com **************************** "Yay, I can hear the voices in my head again!

08-18-2002, 11:42 PM	#11
Diaxion Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 112	Well movie was my either second or third intro to Tolkien but of course the book was better. __________________ good day

08-19-2002, 06:07 PM	#13
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	i saw this movie a long long time ago. it was the first i had heard of tolkien...very long ago. i hated it. i absolutely hated it. its not that i thought it was bad. i dont remember whether it was bad or not. i just thought it was the scariest thing since the brave little toaster. the spiders were just too much. i probably had nightmares for a week. that was back in the day though. i was afraid of the animated robin hood too.

08-23-2002, 08:30 AM	#14
Xeta Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 27	What i would like to know is why there is someone who is unregistered, posting and replying to himself on the same thread. but to set the record straight, here it is. The movie that only goes halfway through way by Ralph Bashki, and that was terrible. There was a movie of the hobbit, and one of RoTK, and those were by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, and they were pretty good. __________________ FRODO LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08-23-2002, 08:31 AM	#15
Xeta Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 27	What i would like to know is why there is someone who is unregistered, posting and replying to himself on the same thread. but to set the record straight, here it is. The movie that only goes halfway through was by Ralph Bashki, and that was terrible. There was a movie of the hobbit, and one of RoTK, and those were by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, and they were pretty good. __________________ FRODO LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08-23-2002, 03:42 PM	#16
WiseWizard Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: the darkest region of Mirkwood (and trust me, it's really dark) Posts: 331	You thought the Hobbit movie was good? Admittedly I am biased against the cartoon failure because I acted as Gandalf in a production of Hobbit, but still, I don't see how that travesty of nature could be called "good". __________________ My motto: Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over. ------------------------------------------------ "Upstage me and I'll crush your kneecaps!" ------------------------------------------------ "It's been a while since I've been 130." -Aaron Reichgott ------------------------------------------------ You know, the world's full of apathy...but I don't care. ------------------------------------------------ "I would've honked, but I might have hit you." -Janaki ------------------------------------------------ "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have gone to college that year." -Lewis Black ------------------------------------------------ "I have one speed which varies according to my mood." -Kristy Pihl ------------------------------------------------ "When I get a fever, I can hear my mom's voice in my head. But she's alive, not dead, so it's not as exciting." -Anna Crandall ------------------------------------------------ "It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you're bloodthirsty." -Rachel Carlson ------------------------------------------------- "My mind is a whirling miasma." -Jeff E. ------------------------------------------------- "I think earth is the Alabama of the universe and we don't even know it." ------------------------------------------------- "You can't just apologize the laziness of my bunnies away." -Taylor S.B. ------------------------------------------------- I'm a sadistic massochist. I'm always happy.

08-23-2002, 09:50 PM	#17
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	I too do not see how it good be considered good. But I'm biased against it because I played Elrond in the production of the Hobbit WiseWizard mentioned. I was better at it, just as the rest of the cast was better at the people they had been cast as. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

08-25-2002, 09:40 PM	#18
WiseWizard Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: the darkest region of Mirkwood (and trust me, it's really dark) Posts: 331	That reminds me....what was up with those stars circling Elrond's head in the cartoon? __________________ My motto: Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over. ------------------------------------------------ "Upstage me and I'll crush your kneecaps!" ------------------------------------------------ "It's been a while since I've been 130." -Aaron Reichgott ------------------------------------------------ You know, the world's full of apathy...but I don't care. ------------------------------------------------ "I would've honked, but I might have hit you." -Janaki ------------------------------------------------ "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have gone to college that year." -Lewis Black ------------------------------------------------ "I have one speed which varies according to my mood." -Kristy Pihl ------------------------------------------------ "When I get a fever, I can hear my mom's voice in my head. But she's alive, not dead, so it's not as exciting." -Anna Crandall ------------------------------------------------ "It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you're bloodthirsty." -Rachel Carlson ------------------------------------------------- "My mind is a whirling miasma." -Jeff E. ------------------------------------------------- "I think earth is the Alabama of the universe and we don't even know it." ------------------------------------------------- "You can't just apologize the laziness of my bunnies away." -Taylor S.B. ------------------------------------------------- I'm a sadistic massochist. I'm always happy.

08-29-2002, 12:58 AM	#19
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	Eru only knows. Personally, I thought that all the animated Tolkien was a travesty of nature (I think that's the right phrase...). In other words, it was the most terribly horribly awfully disgutingly icky piece of adaption work I've very seen in my life. Er...so yes, I disliked it. -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

08-29-2002, 06:05 PM	#20
WiseWizard Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: the darkest region of Mirkwood (and trust me, it's really dark) Posts: 331	Calm down, Tano. Though....I agree whole-heartedly. __________________ My motto: Heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid I'll take over. ------------------------------------------------ "Upstage me and I'll crush your kneecaps!" ------------------------------------------------ "It's been a while since I've been 130." -Aaron Reichgott ------------------------------------------------ You know, the world's full of apathy...but I don't care. ------------------------------------------------ "I would've honked, but I might have hit you." -Janaki ------------------------------------------------ "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have gone to college that year." -Lewis Black ------------------------------------------------ "I have one speed which varies according to my mood." -Kristy Pihl ------------------------------------------------ "When I get a fever, I can hear my mom's voice in my head. But she's alive, not dead, so it's not as exciting." -Anna Crandall ------------------------------------------------ "It doesn't matter what your body type is, as long as you're bloodthirsty." -Rachel Carlson ------------------------------------------------- "My mind is a whirling miasma." -Jeff E. ------------------------------------------------- "I think earth is the Alabama of the universe and we don't even know it." ------------------------------------------------- "You can't just apologize the laziness of my bunnies away." -Taylor S.B. ------------------------------------------------- I'm a sadistic massochist. I'm always happy.

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