>>123603071God I love the watercolor look of this film and it's backgrounds. The soundtrack is also god tier.
https://youtu.be/mdQ1E3t3Qq0I read somewhere once that Jackson tried to make his LotR trilogy feel like the version of 'The Hobbit' it was pulling from was the Rankin Bass version, though I can't find a source on that now, anybody know if that's true? I think he succeeded regardless, I always tell people if they want to watch Jackson's LotR trilogy, they should watch the animated Hobbit first.
>>123621639Honestly, Jackson's Hobbit trilogy just makes me feel bad for him. He was brought on late to a production he wasn't involved in preproduction on, wasn't allowed any time to change what the studio didn't like about Del Toro's version, and was told to make something as good as a magnum opus he spent years planning. There's footage of him on the verge of a nervous breakdown on set, trying to figure out how to shoot a scene with an unfinished set, script, and storyboards. There are interviews with returning WETA crew from LotR who said that they only stayed on the miserable production because Peter was a friend and gave them their dream jobs back on LotR and they wanted to help ease his burden.
I genuinely pity him, but it still doesn't make the movies any good.