Six New Stills From THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

One word to describe this new trilogy: awesome.

wonder how the 48 frames per second will look....................can't wait

I'm curious about that 48 frame per second thing myself. I hope our local theater will show the film in that format.

to know what 48fps is, just go to a tech store, look at a 120hz or more TV, with the blur removing on and voilà!
With my tv i watch every movie with it, in the beginning it seems like every movie is a documentary, but if you get the eye on it, it's nice.

@imnotwearinghockeypants 100% agreed.

Skeptical

PETER JACKSON IS THE SIZE OF A HOBBIT?

And, for the record, even thoguh I get my ass over the line about Jackson's reqwrites, which I find unnecessary and undermine the depth of the characters Tolkien intended, I still enjoy the movies and get a bit of a stirring deep down to see these stories come to life on the big screen.

What I want to see from Tolkien before I die on the big screen is the Elf Lord Glorfindel at the fall of Gondolin, holding the pass against an entire platoon of Balrogs single-handed. That, and the duel between the Elven King Fingolfin and Morgoth at the gates of Angband:

"Fingolfin...received false report that his allies had been routed on all fronts, he became filled with wrath and despair. He immediately took his horse Rochallor and sword Ringil, and rode alone to Angband. All enemies fled from him, fearing his anger, and mistaking him in his fury for Oromë, the Vala patron of hunters.

"He smote the gates of Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat. Though Morgoth feared Fingolfin (of all the Valar, Morgoth was the only one to know fear), he had to accept the challenge — or face shame in the eyes of his servants. Seven times Fingolfin wounded Morgoth and seven times Morgoth cried in pain, and seven times the host of Morgoth wailed in anguish, but he could not be slain for he was one of the Valar.

"Whenever Morgoth attacked, Fingolfin would evade, avoiding Morgoth's weapon Grond as it would crack the ground. Eventually, however, Fingolfin grew weary and stumbled on a crater. Then Morgoth pinned Fingolfin with his foot, and killed him, but not before the king, with his last act of defiance, hewed at Morgoth's foot. Morgoth, from thence forward, always walked with a limp.

"An enraged Morgoth sought to desecrate the body of the valiant king but Thorondor, Lord of Eagles flew down and raked Morgoth's eyes, and carried Fingolfin's body away to be placed on a cliff overlooking Gondolin. Later Turgon built a cairn over the remains of his father."

*chills*

And Morgoth made Sauron, his lieutenant, look like a PIKER.