tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post2425977788625385222..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: HOBBIT Movie Review (Part two)John D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-74329095769183095862012-12-25T10:12:56.942-08:002012-12-25T10:12:56.942-08:00It was more amusing than distracting, especially a...It was more amusing than distracting, especially as of course I knew the reason for it, and it was unavoidable in the circumstances. Not in a class with actual problems, which is why I made free to mention it here.<br /><br />As for Elijah Wood, I actually had somebody ask me if his scene with Ian Holm had been filmed at the time of the LOTR movies and simply held over. So not everybody noticed the aging.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-47857240853524484672012-12-24T21:46:56.622-08:002012-12-24T21:46:56.622-08:00Really? I thought Kate Blanchett looked great, and...Really? I thought Kate Blanchett looked great, and didn't notice any aging there, or with Christopher Lee's Saruman or Weaving's Elrond. Or McKellan's Gandalf, for that matter. The only actor I thought looked different was Elijah Wood, whose Frodo I thought a bit chunkier about the middle than a decade ago -- but that cd easily be the result of a different character design to simulate hobbit rotundity. I assume make-up magic is responsible for duplicating their look from then to now.<br /> <br />Perhaps I just don't notice such things; in any case, it didn't bother me. And if I had noticed it, I'd have thought it less disruptive than recasting the parts w. other actors wd have been. Though of course in a perfect world the books wd have been filmed in chronological order, with THE HOBBIT first. Still, I'm happier to have THE HOBBIT second than not to have THE HOBBIT at all, and sorry that this real-world element was a distraction for you.<br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-84822530501759913172012-12-24T02:21:30.471-08:002012-12-24T02:21:30.471-08:00I was amused by the way that Gandalf, Saruman, Gal...I was amused by the way that Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel, etc. all appeared about ten years older in a story set 60+ years earlier. That was so weird.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.com