Peter Jackson discusses 'The Hobbit'

Director Peter Jackson spoke with Hero Complex contributor John Horn at Comic-Con International in July, just before announcing that the two-film adaptation of "The Hobbit" would become a trilogy. More at www.latimes.com/herocomplex

[@FlorescentBrainwave]

I know I'm 12 years late but the interviewer asked some really great questions

[@bushpilot223]

Peter Jackson is amazing! It'd be a dream come true to make a movie with him.

[@_TheOneRing_]

bushpilot223 Absolutely!

[@SuperGamli]

Great interview and a brilliant interviewer i might add, ask smart and interesting questions...Hard to come by today

[@MeTaLMIliTIa515]

Loved the hobbit, however I would really enjoy miniatures opposed to CG architecture. It really bugged me to see so much CG when I first saw it because I wasn't expecting it at all. Gollum looked amazing though

[@beyondthecamera333]

They couldn’t use miniatures. They would look well, miniatures with the 48 frames per second

[@amosmicah6140]

Dunno if you guys cares but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of weeks =)

[@samuellionel4364]

@Amos Micah Yup, have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself =)

[@ElliottPiano]

They didn't have the time

[@KilliaM19]

Amazing movie Peter Jackson THANKS for all my favorite movies!

[@lucie408]

it is true, i watched imax, first time watching 3d, very comfortable and amazing, hobbit 3 is more than 2 hrs,my eyes were not tired, no strain ,just amazing, feel very much like reaching out to the images...so near

[@Progesteroni]

Really nice to hear such interesting and well-thought-out questions compared to the usual crap in movie promotion interviews.

[@dannyflynn2057]

I enjoyed the movies. Thank you.

[@magickriver]

Goblin interviews Hobbit for the L.A. Times. That's how it looks to me.

[@m_f_luder]

This was an excellent interview. Well done.

[@undercoverson22]

brilliant interview, great job john horn.

[@danieljohnson2046]

those were some great questions

[@1992SmoothBoy]

Excellent interview.

[@annanardo2358]

Can't wait to see it !!!🤗🤗🤗🤗 Peter Jackson did a great job in the previous movies ! I just want to see King Thranduil and the gang together again !!The previous movies could have been longer though. More storyline, more FaceTime with Thranduil, Lord Elrond, and the elves...🤗🤗

[@leonievogelsang9868]

I think Peter Jackson himself is a Hobbit^^

[@_TheOneRing_]

Lilli S. yes😉

[@jannesvanurk]

Well..He is a hobbit in the battle of the five armies as a cameo. On the picture in bag end

[@rwgamer]

What an intelligent interview.

[@Shadowkiss1]

I absolutely loved The Hobbit, it is beautifully done in every way. Can't wait for the 2 next movies. The 48 frames didn't make much of a difference for me one way or the other.

[@Nineteen1900Hundred]

I can't wait to watch all 3 extended Hobbit movies, then watch all 3 extended LOTR movies after.

[@111horror]

I think if he made two 3.5 hour movies that would have been great

[@lotrhobbit7313]

Peter, we want to see those deleted scenes, unused for the Extended edition of the Lord of the Rings : - Fellowship of the Ring : additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance (and maybe add Lee Pace’s Thranduil into it), an extended Council of Elrond (dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring) - The Two Towers : Arwen and Elrond visiting Galadriel at Lothlórien, Conversation between Elrond and Arwen in a library in Rivendell, after Arwen decides to wait for Aragorn. Elrond leaves saying “You gave away your life’s grace. I cannot protect you anymore” - Return of the King : further epilogue footage, with endings for Legolas and Gimli, Éowyn and Faramir's wedding and Aragorn's death and funeral. Also, to give context for Wormtongue killing Saruman, and Legolas in turn killing Wormtongue, it was to be revealed Wormtongue poisoned Théodred. The final scene cut was Aragorn having his armour fitted for the Battle of the Black Gate by the trilogy's armourers, which was the final scene filmed during principal photography, and others. We know you stated that you would like to include some of these unused scenes in a future "Ultimate Edition" home video release, also including out-takes. It would be great if you would be able to revisit the cut of all 6 movies in the near future, do an "ultimate cut" of the 6 movies and integrate those scenes I mentioned back in the movies (instead of deleted scenes). You would also be able to reshoot the "Bilbo finding the Ring" scene from Fellowship of the ring, replace gollum from the shadowy scene in the Mines of Moria (from Fellowship), add more Balrog vs Gandalf fight (as you wished in the first place when you thought about the sequence but you didn't have the means and budget for it at the time), integrate Thranduil in the Battle of the Last Alliance, etc. (as did George Lucas with Star Wars afterwards). Cheers! :D

[@_TheOneRing_]

Lotr Hobbit yeeees!

[@jannesvanurk]

Well this summer the 4k ultimate edition will be released and i really hope these extra/deleted scenes are in ther🤗

[@ivangelion030366]

I agree, King Under the Mountain!

[@gon_trek2481]

Long Live Miniature architecture and landscapes.... Just as the CGI facial expressions dont come close (though ever closer) to real human being expressions, so do physical edges and shadows look far more realistic than cgi objects.. even with all the trickery involved to make them look the appropriate size

[@DemMedHornene]

I feel that since I rarely go to watch films in the cinema, the 48 frames make a much experience, even if the first 2-3 minutes are a bit confusing.

[@Olibelus]

48fps is terrific. Loved it. It is soon going to be the new norm. Peter Jackson has evidently innovated and advanced the film making industry.

[@runner123ification]

no

[@roywilson4514]

This comment did not age well

[@boycie18]

Haha this aged so badly

[@oddnejmus]

The 3D definitely became awesome in 48fps. The movements, however, were quite silly at times.

[@g.t.werber4476]

It's curious that despite the advance of technology LoTR looks much better than The Hobbit.

[@jesusrevus8017]

I think, apart from not having to pad the story out, LOTR shows exactly why miniatures and prosthetics worked so much better than CGI.

[@pasqualeturano4060]

There are two incredible movies behind this trilogy, fanedits prove that

[@jannesvanurk]

I myself enjoy the hobbit trilogy, there are flaws but not as much as people say and i do understand why people don’t like the movies. I just like to have a marathon first watching the hobbit and then LotR

[@ekisauruslux6795]

@@jannesvanurk my man!

[@clintUofR08]

Next time, please get a larger table.

[@FrozenSurf]

7:40 “goal-um”

[@HittingOnAmber]

You say that like there's any other movie coming out in 48 frames. 10 years from now people will be laughing at all the Hobbit fanboys who claimed that this was the future.

[@TolkienTV]

PJ RULES

[@johnwauters8576]

I gave a habit book to the Island library

[@oliviadenton172]

i look better in 48 frames too... just as majestic as thorin

[@ngt84]

Seborrhoeic dermatitis ?

[@shafishafster2591]

you cant beat 48fps

[@johnwauters8576]

Blue Island

[@DemMedHornene]

I believe it will be 60 fps.

[@Hubran3000]

Hmm

[@werbnnerf]

I think there is a wrong there. It's not that it took him 15 years to make it, he just never proceeded with it because the technology was not yet available for the movie.

[@edj8008]

Its so sad.

[@andremccree8937]

that is funny he asks if he cringes at 'return of the king'. those films used practical effects and models, mattes, and cgi occasionally. they hold up really well. the hobbit cgi shitfest looked horrific in 2012 and looks even worse today.

[@jannesvanurk]

Although that’s not entirely true he did upgrade the special effects for the 4k remasters so i hope that’s good news for you

[@LintSprout]

The Lord of the Rings are far better looking films.

[@alexmartin628]

Peter Jackson is my stepdad

[@ewanaut]

I don't remember Gollum being in any of the other films? Maybe it'll be a deleted scene.

[@NicolasUnger]

James Cameron will shoot Avatar 2 in 48 fps (or maybe even 60 fps)

[@Hubran3000]

48

[@random98b]

this was the best of the best movies ever created!!!!

[@jannesvanurk]

Do you still think so?

[@random98b]

@@jannesvanurkumm no

[@andrewdavies5835]

I think you may have mistaken these for LOTR

[@tdarcy2359]

Is it just me, or are they using forced perspective in the wide shot to make PJ look like a hobbit? Very meta.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

GREAT PETER JACKSON DISCUSSES THE HOBBIT ?

[@Tawadeb]

I loved the Hobbit movies!!! I thought they were perfect

[@6Stevo]

They were good movies for sure. But far from perfect. Too many silly over the top cgi fights (particularly in the last one) that took me out of the movie. I do enjoy all of them. But when compared to the Lord of the Rings, they fall short.

[@utl94]

Ouch.

[@pettytyrant2720]

Tolkien did not abandon his rewrite of TH to make it more like LotR's for unknown reasons, as PJ implies at 13.30 PJ is ommitting a truth here he probably knows, Tolkien abandoned it because the person he gave it to read told him it no longer felt like TH. An accusation that could be equally and fairly levelled at PJ's film versions. He should have noted that Tolkien had tried this already and could not both mature the book and retain its essence at the same time, so rightly stopped trying. If the original author thought it was not worth doing that says a lot. Sadly PJ bulldozed on ahead.

[@kerrinorourke5914]

Exactly. All the talk in this worthy discussion of the film TH indicates why TH was a nuff-nuff film experience for me. The film missed the key point of the story. PJ made an action film. The story itself is not about a warrior, but a reluctant hero/warrior who was selected by a wise man/ wizard and the Dwarves because he was steadfast and would be able to use his cunning - "a burgler" - when things were dire. Bilbo didn't know his potential either before he went on his journey, but themeatically because he could leave "his old ring" alone on the shelf for all those years and was not tempted to put it on and strut around like some sort of a superhobbit shows the character of the hero. It would not make a true to the story action film because the whole point of the story and hero was that winners are thinkers not sword bearers. I have often pondered on what part of his experiences in WWI drew that sentiment from Tolkien. Probably the whole of it. The Hobbit is a story about the subtle changes in people faced by war. He is a hero because he doesn't succumb to all the guts and glory stuff (compare that lots of war films following WWII made in US). He went through Moria, confronted the dragon and came back home sane but wiser for it. The Hobbit is tooòo subltle a story to make a film of it. PJ failed.

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

25:23 is why sadly the Hobbit is not as good as LOTR.

[@enomis916]

Honestly I Think the Real reason is editing: they should have cutted out so much more material, like legolas and many elongated action scenes, because the core of the trilogy (bilbo and thorin) is not only solid, but great, especially after the new 4k uhd remaster, which is an huge visual improvement for the hobbit, I assure you

[@derekweinerttv4163]

Lord of the rings atleast looked real on the foreground ... All of the hobbit looks cgi

[@WritingDialogue]

Way too much CGI in the Hobbit trilogy, it lost the realism and tactile nature of LOTR

[@frenchcoupon3391]

The movies are great. Much better than all MCU. Only downside for me- the overuse of CGI Azog, Balg, orcs and goblins. Also 24 fps is better for no 3d movies. 3d 48 fps and more is the future of filmmaking. Other than that- these movies are a blast to watch. Thank you Peter Jackson.

[@aristeatzoulaki7788]

i cant wait for the desolation of smaug

[@carlosmcse]

Poor guy. B-essing his way through this interview knowing it’s the worst movie he ever made.

[@kavvg3805]

The 'digital doubles' were always super obvious and looked pretty bad

[@Macabrebifidus37]

The studio screwed him on this trilogy. No prep time, no nothing. Just go go go. Studios just need to let people like Jackson do what works

[@thorinoakenshield2390]

I definitely look better in 48 frames.

[@albertmm96]

The Hobbit films were a disaster I so many ways, but basically because there were so many things that weren't in the book

[@mancal5829]

48 frames per second makes everything look so uncinematic and fake.

[@sampomme]

Watch it in 24 frames then. Problem solved.

[@werbnnerf]

I'm sorry. I don't understand.

[@HittingOnAmber]

I think there is a wrong with you. My God.

[@misterfevillord1588]

Rings of powers is worse

[@HittingOnAmber]

Oh you know James Cameron? Cause if you did, you'd know that there is zero chance of him actually firing up a camera in the next 10 years. Avatar was over 3 years ago, and it took him 15 years to make that. So don't say that James Cameron is shooting anything in any fps as if it is a fact.

[@jannesvanurk]

He’s currently filming avatar 2 so it took him 8 years since your comment

[@EricTitterud]

And yet LOTR looked and looks wayyyyyyyyyyy better than Hobbit

[@derekweinerttv4163]

It looked real

[@jannesvanurk]

They had very little time for special effects and the cgi was rushed and unpolished but he did update the cg for the 4k blu rays a few months ago.

[@andrewdavies5835]

The Hobbit was disappointing, though I blame the studio not Jackson.

[@MegaMacReal]

Systematic institutionalized disappointment, three consecutive Decembers worth.

[@manji_______x6354]

The Hobbit sucks. Sorry Sir Peter Jackson.