The Special Effects of the Hobbit - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

zxcvbn · 03-12-2008, 06:45 AM

There's a lot of uncertainity about the Hobbit film(s), but the one thing we know for sure is that the Special Effects will be great(with Weta doing it and all). But will they seem as spectacular as the LOTR FX were in their time? There are plenty of good SFX houses nowadays, and other films have raised the bar even higher since Return of the King was released. For instance:
1.Beowulf set the standard for Dragon battles. The slaying of Smaug will have to surpass that.

2.Sadly, the battle scenes in 300 have supplanted the Battle of Pelennor Fields in my mind as the greatest battle ever filmed. Hopefully the Battle of Five Armies will have similar levels of gore(it's only Orc blood, so it should stll be possible to get a PG-13 rating).

3.If there's any wizardry from Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast in the Dol Guldur scene it should take a leaf from the Harry Potter films. Like the wizard battle in Order of the Phoenix, Dol Guldur should really show the White Council's true power!

Does anybody else have any opinions about how the Special Effects should be?

03-12-2008, 06:45 AM	#1
zxcvbn Wight Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In front of my PC Posts: 164	The Special Effects of the Hobbit There's a lot of uncertainity about the Hobbit film(s), but the one thing we know for sure is that the Special Effects will be great(with Weta doing it and all). But will they seem as spectacular as the LOTR FX were in their time? There are plenty of good SFX houses nowadays, and other films have raised the bar even higher since Return of the King was released. For instance: 1.Beowulf set the standard for Dragon battles. The slaying of Smaug will have to surpass that. 2.Sadly, the battle scenes in 300 have supplanted the Battle of Pelennor Fields in my mind as the greatest battle ever filmed. Hopefully the Battle of Five Armies will have similar levels of gore(it's only Orc blood, so it should stll be possible to get a PG-13 rating). 3.If there's any wizardry from Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast in the Dol Guldur scene it should take a leaf from the Harry Potter films. Like the wizard battle in Order of the Phoenix, Dol Guldur should really show the White Council's true power! Does anybody else have any opinions about how the Special Effects should be?