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I want a modern Hobbit movie which only takes from the book. And I don't just mean not making up 75% of the runtime like the did in the trilogy, I mean don't even retcon anything from LotR.
The wood-elves should be overly jolly and sing songs. Their king should be stern but animated (and not named Thranduil). Hell, give Thorin a personality other than the dour he had in the trilogy. Gandalf's just some cool wizard, maybe it's just him, maybe he's part of a race of thousands, who knows.
Someone once said they saw Buckaroo Banzai as having the energy of an improv show where each new character enters the scene with the goal of being the main character, only to be upstaged by the next main character.
The first time I read The Hobbit, I got a similar feeling from all of the characters.
@foo I recently saw Bullet Train and it was a bit like that. Bigger and bigger characters trying to out-weird each other, then the plot itself wanders in like “hold my saké”
@annathyst @squinky @foo Every time I hear a review of Bullet Train I'm reminded I should see it, it sounds a lot of fun (otoh, I think I watched Buckaroo Banzai at the wrong time of life. I didn't grow up with it and watching it for the first time in my 40s... it had zero resonation)
@nemothorx @annathyst @foo I wouldn’t say it’s anything like Buckaroo Banzai. To be honest I think BB’s most endearing quality is its severe level of weird and hinted-at larger world. Bullet Train is a silly action flick that I would consider more universally fun
@squinky @nemothorx @annathyst I'm checking my company HQ's floorplans and one of the conference rooms is named Bullet Train for some reason. Even my employer is telling me to watch it, apparently.