The Hobbit: There and Back Again

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They've released a couple of set pictures from the new Hobbit movies. Words cannot describe my giddy reaction at seeing Bilbo Baggins, who has to be the most adorable Hobbit in existence. Not that I don't love Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry, but BILBO! My first literary love!

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I think we all owe Christopher for the way he's keeping his father's legacy alive. We're so privileged that he 'took up the mantle' and continues to share Middle Earth with us. I've actually considered investing in those twelve volumes. I owned one on Rohan and the language of the Horselords way back when (the only thing I remember is that in their language, it's Scadufax; Shadowfax is the name's rendering in the common tongue), but have no idea where it is now. Sigh.

It's so bizarre; Mortensen is so soft spoken and so quietly intelligent. Then you see him act and HOLY CRAP. He's not Viggo anymore. He's that character. I wasn't crazy about 'Hidalgo', but everything else I've seen him in I have absolutely loved. The man lives and breathes his characters. I've got to point to his work in 'Eastern Promises' one more time -- he went and spent some time in Siberia, and actually hung out with people he describes as being 'of ill repute'. He spent time in a prison there too, and one of the convicts had this set of worry beads made from melted down BIC lighters. This convict gave these beads to Viggo to use during shooting. Seriously. If that's not hardcore, I don't know what is.

Orlando was a good Legolas. Elves are supposed to be sort of pretty-boys, and while they do allow him to do some mugging for the camera (SHIELD SURFING SERIOUSLY), he was still enjoyable. I'm just impressed at how well everyone on the cast did with the Elvish; if I'm remembering correctly, they had two professional linguists on set who helped translate things to Elvish and work with the actors on speaking it. I always thought that was awesome.

The point here being, I guess, that Jackson appreciates attention to detail, and we can fully expect the same love to come out in this new chapter of Middle Earth.