So the Hobbit is getting three movies. Like many others I'm a bit skeptical toward it since it's three movies on one book, but on the other hand there is probably enough supplementary material to fill it out and most important flesh out characters and the story. Now, the problem is that they already filmed the first and second part, the first even being prepared for its release in December. So certain things probably aren't gonna be the way I imagine it. You could actually (*this is gonna be spoilers to an almost 80 year old book if you care about that*) put in a flashback in the first movie when they tell about Smaug hunting the dwarves from their home for those who want more action. A lot more character development can go in between characters like Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf and Saruman how they tried fight of Sauron and the corruption of the white wizard. How Gandalf infiltrated Dol Guldur finding Thorin Oakenshield's father Thráin II tortured and dying. The war between the dwarves and orcs as revenge for killing Thorin's grandfather Thrór establishing the backstory for Dáin II Ironfoot and Thorin himself and why he has the name Oakenshield.
But as I said, they are already finished film one and the second is going up next summer when they are supposed to film the remaining scenes they need for part three. If they succeed good for them, if they don't I will still see all of them since this is probably the most anticipated movies for me since Return of the King, and that was 9 years ago. I didn't care about the Transformers-movies when they came out (and apparently I dodged a bullet there), the Star Wars-movies died pretty much after the first one (can probably say the same about the Harry Potter-movies which got less and less interesting from my side) and both Avatar and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull were spur of the moment movies I went and saw. This time I actually check up the production, which actors are in and so on. It could probably also be due to me having read the books so many times that there is no spoilers to have compared to the others though... or it might also be the reason why I'm so eager to see it.
