Comments on: Guillermo del Toro: ‘I don’t like Hobbits’!?

By: Guillermo del Toro vai mesmo realizar “The Hobbit” « Cinema em PortuguÃªs

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:16:15 +0000

[...] blog /Film reavivou umas declaraÃ§Ãµes de del Toro em Cannes em 2006 em que afirma que nÃ£o gosta de hobbits: [...]

By: Memo | Void Memory

Memo | Void Memory — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:08:51 +0000

[...] Guillermo del Toro: â€˜I donâ€™t like Hobbitsâ€™!? [...]

By: Guillermo del Toro regisserar The Hobbit - Bloggywood - En blogg om film.

Guillermo del Toro regisserar The Hobbit - Bloggywood - En blogg om film. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:46:43 +0000

[...] Ã¥r gissar Slashfilm att The Hobbit och dess uppfÃ¶ljare nÃ¥r biograferna under 2011 och 2012. SlashFilm har i ett senare inlÃ¤gg med en hÃ¤rlig kommentar frÃ¥n Guillermo del Toro som han yttrat pÃ¥ 2006 [...]

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:47:45 +0000

@Lucas: Just cause someone can’t finish LotR doesn’t mean they don’t like it. I couldn’t stand the first book… I got to the pages and pages and pages of Tom Bombadil rambling and singing and I quit. But, I LOVE the movies so much!

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:48:09 +0000

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By: WillTheSecond

WillTheSecond — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:13:37 +0000

It may be a prestige thing: he’ll do it to get big-time attention, then go off and do his own stuff but with the knowledge that people will get pissed off if they find out the studios are interfering, like Kubrick did with Spartacus. So it could well be a political move to attain creative freedom.

I don’t like the Lord of the Rings movies (the first two are okay but the third one is boring as hell) or novels (can’t stand ‘em), but I would be temped by Jackson’s offer, plus it’s probably really fun to make a film like that.

“wait a secâ€¦ does this mean that Panâ€™s Labyrinth sucks now? or just the fantasy elements?”

He was referring specifically to Swords & Sorcery films, they’re only a sub-genre of fantasy. The guy loves fantasy, but like many people doesn’t like that one particularly type of it.

“You know, you can say you donâ€™t much care for blondes, but then, one day, a cute blonde falls in your lap and suddenly the world is different. Thatâ€™s how the world works.”

This logic works, yeah. However, would this blonde have blonde hair on her feet, too?

By: Baggins

Baggins — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:44:46 +0000

This is slightly alarming in the sense that the world of Tolkien requires a deep immersion of many many reads to really understand and work with when transferring it to a visual means. That said, del Toro will have a great team of character/environment people (WETA), a good foundation that was set by Jackson with the LOTR films, and I’m sure Jackson will be more involved than the typical executive producer.

Del Toro is fortunate in the sense that The Hobbit is a standalone book that a 10 year old can comprehend and enjoy. Thus, it won’t have all of the intertwining strands of character development as the LOTR trilogy does. That said, this is a VERY important book - usually the gateway book to fantasy in terms of literature - and nothing short of greatness will be acceptable. Another thing is that The Hobbit MUST be a PG film, which is doable considering the only epic battle is the Battle of the Five Armies. If PG and if done well, this movie will yield tons and tons of money…more than any of the LOTR movies.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:30:04 +0000

He realized that even though he has made some kickass films his films were mostly dissapointments or duds at boxoffice. He knows that he can have a big hit on his resume if he takes on an established franchise with huge fanbase and something that people are asking for which is Hobbit. I have said this before and I will say this again Guillermo is doing this for the money and to get that one big hit on his resume.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:18:05 +0000

For those of you who have said “I don’t like X but I watched the movie about X and liked it”. It takes a lot less commitment to watch a movie than to make a movie. You have to be passionate about what you do otherwise it’s just a job and it shows. The reason the LoTR turned out so well is because Jackson was absolutely in love with the story, he was a huge fan, and set forth the effort it took to make the films great.

I don’t know about del Toro and his dislike, but if he’s not into it it’ll show and they’ll suck. And the second one is goign to suck anyway just to get that out of the way right now.

By: gocitizen

gocitizen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:38:21 +0000

wait a sec… does this mean that Pan’s Labyrinth sucks now? or just the fantasy elements?

Can someone dig up Del Toro’s reading list? If he’s secretly reading some romance stuff, I want him delivering something with Hanks and Ryan asap.

You know, you can say you don’t much care for blondes, but then, one day, a cute blonde falls in your lap and suddenly the world is different. That’s how the world works.

By: Thumb

Thumb — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:32:52 +0000

@camperton

Are you confused about the English language, or am I? Your comment does not currently compute.

By: Camperton

Camperton — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:35:50 +0000

Sciretta, what do you mean you wonder what’s happened in the last couple of years to change his mind? He clearly states “I was never into heroic fantasy. At allâ€. Key word there being NEVER.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:59:09 +0000

DEL TORO TO TAKE ON PETER JACKSON IN FANTASY FIGHT ON SET.

- Each director will be aided by their own special effects team in trying to defeat their opponent.

- No hitting below the belt.

- Yo mama jokes are allowed.

- The playing of any Robert Tepper’s “No Easy Way Out” is strictly forbidden.

Tickets will be on sale soon.

By: Soulprint

Soulprint — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:45:29 +0000

Simply put drudging up a two year old comment isn’t and shouldnt be news.

By: Jerry to the Biggy Butler

Jerry to the Biggy Butler — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:56:15 +0000

How can he not like Hobbits? does the man not own a mirror?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:38:34 +0000

I hate Sci-fi but I watch Doctor Who.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:38:28 +0000

Sometimes having someone who’s not heavily into a genre working in it can help refresh it. Just look at Nick Meyer doing Star Trek 2 & 6 - he hated sci-fi, and turned out arguably the two best films in the series.

By: Flint

Flint — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:28:30 +0000

I’ve never really been into fantasy or swords & sorcery type stuff either, and I found Tolkein’s writing to be excruciating to try and get through. And yet I loved Jackson’s movies. It’s conceivable that someone else might as well. Perhaps he was also jazzed by what was done with the material, and the opportunity to work with Jackson in the same sandbox he created (or adapted, whatever).

Del Toro obviously has a somewhat fantasy-prone imagination (despite the quote) — look at “Pan’s” or what we’ve seen of “Hellboy II”. I sincerely doubt it’s all about the money — there are dozens of other things he could do instead if he just wanted to cash a paycheck, and they wouldn’t take 4 years.

By: Del Toro Hates Heroic Fantasy… Just Saying at Binary Bonsai

Del Toro Hates Heroic Fantasy… Just Saying at Binary Bonsai — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:01:17 +0000

[...] First of all, hasn’t anybody noticed that del Toro has repeatedly said he doesn’t like Tolkien, and that he never finished reading “The Lord of the Rings”? Here’s what he told me in Cannes in 2006, when I asked him about the influence of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis on his own work: “I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don’t like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I’ve never been into that at all. I don’t like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff.” # (via) [...]

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:45:56 +0000

oh god, now it’s turned into a, SLASHFILM-DEL-TORO-GATE!