First Hobbit Trailer (with SPOILERS)

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:27 am

And I didn't see an axe, did you, Voronwë?

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:32 am

Yes, the youtube link worked and now I can see it at apple.com too.

Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:33 am

You know, I didn't notice. Let me look again.

No, it is there.

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:36 am

Was it? Really? I was looking, and I didn't see it. LOL! I am a completely unreliable witness, apparently.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:36 am

Howard Shore delivers again. If that's the Erebor theme, I like it. (I suppose I like it even if it's not

)

Post by **axordil** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:37 am

The dwarf foreheads all looked axe-free to me too. Maybe he picks it up as a souvenir later.

Sounds like the song's tune is worked into the soundtrack already. Very nice.

So is that Dol Guldur or what Gandalf is skulking about? He's got Glamdring so it should be after the trolls (of which we got a very fleeting glimpse

).

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:39 am

axordil wrote:So is that Dol Guldur or what Gandalf is skulking about? He's got Glamdring so it should be after the trolls (of which we got a very fleeting glimpse ).

I think so. You can see some sort of cage and/or torture device hanging in the background right after he smacks the orc at 1:57, and in the next shot, you can see the sky. Alternately, I suppose Goblin-Town might not be entirely underground...

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:41 am

Why do Galadriel and Gandalf look like lovers, though?

And I'm glad ax didn't see the axe either.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:44 am

You have to look for it, but it's definitely there. Check 0:41.

Post by **yovargas** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:45 am

Oh my. Somehow I wasn't expecting it to look so much like the original films. I kept thinking they were clips from FOTR but...wait, I don't remember seeing that...

Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:50 am

Sorry, the axe is definitely there.

There is a poster, too, but remarkably it doesn't even include the words "The Hobbit" (only "An Unexpected Journey")

Post by **Teremia** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:58 am

Oh, I like the poster! I like the trailer! I love the song!

Post by **axordil** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:59 am

Sure enough it is...guess it blended it too well with the hair the first time.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:59 am

Gandalf slamming his staff down appears to be the moment when the trolls turn to stone.

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:01 am

Yeah, I see it now, too. Like ax said, it blended in with the hair. Ah well.

I like the poster, too!

Now the apple link is working, but it wasn't showing anything before. I think the quality of the youtube link is actually better.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:04 am

Hm. At no point does anyone point out that that those guys are dwarves.

Post by **Dave_LF** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:06 am

That shot where Bilbo spots the ring lying on the ground--it's not in the caves, it's in the spider-den in Mirkwood.

Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:17 am

I really like the poster except for the fact that it doesn't mention the name The Hobbit. That makes no sense to me whatsoever. I mean, you are making a movie based on one of the most beloved books of all time, and you don't even mention the name?

Post by **River** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:30 am

Got it on Apple: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thehobbit/

Wow.

The song.

The song...

Post by **Elentári** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:40 am

just seen it twice on the Hobbit FB page! (It's 5:30 am here!) There's so much to take in but overall impression favourable...overriding impression is amazement at how they've managed to recapture the trilogy M-e so perfectly!

- amazing that Galadriel looks younger, Gollum even sounds happer and younger!!
- wonderful to see Ian Holm look so well
- No Elrond in the trailer? Perhaps I missed him
- awesome song - Howard Shore's an absolute legend - and the crockery juggling!

- still not sold on the Dwarves from the brief closeup shots we saw...it will take the long shots in scale to convince me they are actually Dwarves, cause mostly they still look too human compared to the FotR Dwarves...

ETA: in a brief glimpse of Rivendell at 1:52 there are 4 Elven horsemen circling the party...three dark-haired, which could be Elrond & sons? The fourth is blond...is it too much to hope for Glorfindel????