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Post by sdrew13163 on Jun 15, 2017 23:40:50 GMT
I guess this is semi-off topic, but it's a valid question. What happened to Peter Jackson? The guy made one of the best trilogies of all time. The "Middle-Earth Movement" swept the majority of the world. They were all highly successful critically, financially, and with the general public. What has he done since?
Obviously The Hobbit Trilogy, but that was far from his vision. The studio rushed him into production, then stretched the book to two movies. Then, after the first trailer was released, it was suddenly a trilogy. That wasn't all his fault. The first two were pretty good anyway. If I had to guess, Jackson wanted one epic 3-hour film, but the studio axed that real quick.
Other than Middle-Earth, Jackson also did The Adventures of Tintin. I thought that was a fun romp that some cynics over-criticized. What happened to that great filmmaker that did LotR? I liked King Kong, but it wasn't anything new from we've already seen.
I wish he would adapt another novel or series or create his own work and actually direct it. He's talented. Is there a reason why he didn't explode into Hollywood after LotR was a global smash-hit?
What projects would you like to see him do? Maybe a WWII epic would be good. Maybe he could tackle one of the new Indiana Jones sequels? Who knows. I just want his ambition back.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jun 20, 2017 15:04:04 GMT
Peter Jackson was one of three directors (the other 2: Terry Gilliam and Guillermo Del Toro) that I wanted to see tackle one of the Harry Potter movies, maybe The Deathly Hallows. I think he could've made it feel even more epic in its conclusion.
As for the future, I'd like to see him tackle a low budget horror again. See how he does there now.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jun 20, 2017 23:02:32 GMT
Peter Jackson was one of three directors (the other 2: Terry Gilliam and Guillermo Del Toro) that I wanted to see tackle one of the Harry Potter movies, maybe The Deathly Hallows. I think he could've made it feel even more epic in its conclusion. As for the future, I'd like to see him tackle a low budget horror again. See how he does there now. I could see him doing a Crimson Peak-esque horror flick. At this point, I just want to see him work. That's it.
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Post by bb15 on Jun 21, 2017 5:12:09 GMT
Imo Jackson became burned out physically and mentally by the Hollywood studio system. Making the Hobbit movies was a horrible experience for him as he described it in Blu-ray extras. Also, he's not interested in doing comic book films which is what the big budget movie business has become.
He has plenty of money. PJ seems to be semi-retired.
Imo at least, BB ;-)
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Post by ArArArchStanton on Jul 1, 2017 13:34:02 GMT
I guess this is semi-off topic, but it's a valid question. What happened to Peter Jackson? The guy made one of the best trilogies of all time. The "Middle-Earth Movement" swept the majority of the world. They were all highly successful critically, financially, and with the general public. What has he done since? Obviously The Hobbit Trilogy, but that was far from his vision. The studio rushed him into production, then stretched the book to two movies. Then, after the first trailer was released, it was suddenly a trilogy. That wasn't all his fault. The first two were pretty good anyway. If I had to guess, Jackson wanted one epic 3-hour film, but the studio axed that real quick. Other than Middle-Earth, Jackson also did The Adventures of Tintin. I thought that was a fun romp that some cynics over-criticized. What happened to that great filmmaker that did LotR? I liked King Kong, but it wasn't anything new from we've already seen. I wish he would adapt another novel or series or create his own work and actually direct it. He's talented. Is there a reason why he didn't explode into Hollywood after LotR was a global smash-hit? What projects would you like to see him do? Maybe a WWII epic would be good. Maybe he could tackle one of the new Indiana Jones sequels? Who knows. I just want his ambition back. His films got silly for some reason. It's very odd because he made such a serious, realistic series with Lord of the Rings and then some how did the ridiculously silly King Kong. The Hobbit films felt the same way. Looked great, but just silly and full of slap stick. I don't know why that became his thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2017 5:57:50 GMT
I think making King Kong immediately after LotR is what happened to him. The man was absolutely exhausting after working on the trilogy for close to a decade, but instead of taking a much needed break, plunged right back in to make that monkey movie. Kong should have been a December 2016 release, not a Dec. 2015 one. After that, I just don't know what happened. Its like his drive died completely and apart from making District 9 happen and helping with Tintin, he just didn't do much until The Hobbit. even George Lucas continued producing stuff after Star Wars.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 4, 2017 19:51:22 GMT
I guess this is semi-off topic, but it's a valid question. What happened to Peter Jackson? The guy made one of the best trilogies of all time. The "Middle-Earth Movement" swept the majority of the world. They were all highly successful critically, financially, and with the general public. What has he done since? Obviously The Hobbit Trilogy, but that was far from his vision. The studio rushed him into production, then stretched the book to two movies. Then, after the first trailer was released, it was suddenly a trilogy. That wasn't all his fault. The first two were pretty good anyway. If I had to guess, Jackson wanted one epic 3-hour film, but the studio axed that real quick. Other than Middle-Earth, Jackson also did The Adventures of Tintin. I thought that was a fun romp that some cynics over-criticized. What happened to that great filmmaker that did LotR? I liked King Kong, but it wasn't anything new from we've already seen. I wish he would adapt another novel or series or create his own work and actually direct it. He's talented. Is there a reason why he didn't explode into Hollywood after LotR was a global smash-hit? What projects would you like to see him do? Maybe a WWII epic would be good. Maybe he could tackle one of the new Indiana Jones sequels? Who knows. I just want his ambition back. His films got silly for some reason. It's very odd because he made such a serious, realistic series with Lord of the Rings and then some how did the ridiculously silly King Kong. The Hobbit films felt the same way. Looked great, but just silly and full of slap stick. I don't know why that became his thing. As someone who liked the Hobbit Trilogy more than most (except the Battle of the Five Armies), I can say that I wholly agree with you here. The slapstick stuff got on my nerves. It would be cool to see him create his own adventure series. He's great at those huge epic adventures. Maybe a mix of Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia would fit his style. Fun and epic at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 5:56:31 GMT
Peter Jackson was one of three directors (the other 2: Terry Gilliam and Guillermo Del Toro) that I wanted to see tackle one of the Harry Potter movies, maybe The Deathly Hallows. I think he could've made it feel even more epic in its conclusion. As for the future, I'd like to see him tackle a low budget horror again. See how he does there now. Yes, I'd love to see more of the 'Dead Alive' Peter Jackson
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 24, 2017 19:24:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 5:12:36 GMT
Peter Jackson was one of three directors (the other 2: Terry Gilliam and Guillermo Del Toro) that I wanted to see tackle one of the Harry Potter movies, maybe The Deathly Hallows. I think he could've made it feel even more epic in its conclusion. As for the future, I'd like to see him tackle a low budget horror again. See how he does there now. I could see him doing a Crimson Peak-esque horror flick. At this point, I just want to see him work. That's it. This is OT but is Crimson Peak any good? I saw a trailer today for the first time and thought it looked fantastic but seems like audiences were pretty meh on it.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 25, 2017 14:47:10 GMT
This is OT but is Crimson Peak any good? I saw a trailer today for the first time and thought it looked fantastic but seems like audiences were pretty meh on it. I saw it and have forgotten it already. -Bill
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Post by sdrew13163 on Aug 25, 2017 20:52:39 GMT
I could see him doing a Crimson Peak-esque horror flick. At this point, I just want to see him work. That's it. This is OT but is Crimson Peak any good? I saw a trailer today for the first time and thought it looked fantastic but seems like audiences were pretty meh on it. I liked it. It was nothing that will blow you away with how good it was and it was pretty weird, but not bad. It's at least worth a rental.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Aug 28, 2017 16:08:34 GMT
I could see him doing a Crimson Peak-esque horror flick. At this point, I just want to see him work. That's it. This is OT but is Crimson Peak any good? I saw a trailer today for the first time and thought it looked fantastic but seems like audiences were pretty meh on it. I liked it, didn't love it. Certainly not Del Toro's strongest film. Certainly my, and probably most audiences', was its mismarketing. The trailer is not a good indication of what the film will be like.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 17:13:41 GMT
This is OT but is Crimson Peak any good? I saw a trailer today for the first time and thought it looked fantastic but seems like audiences were pretty meh on it. I liked it, didn't love it. Certainly not Del Toro's strongest film. Certainly my, and probably most audiences', was its mismarketing. The trailer is not a good indication of what the film will be like. Yeah I've heard that the movie is more a romance than the horror movie it was marketed to be.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Aug 28, 2017 17:43:13 GMT
I do say, if you're a Del Toro fan, it's worth a watch. Because it still is visually beautiful. Few people can do production design like Del Toro.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 1, 2017 23:42:10 GMT
I do say, if you're a Del Toro fan, it's worth a watch. Because it still is visually beautiful. Few people can do production design like Del Toro. The two of them should team up for an adaptation of something going back to their gruesome roots. Like adapting HP Lovecraft or something.
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 1, 2017 23:59:03 GMT
I do say, if you're a Del Toro fan, it's worth a watch. Because it still is visually beautiful. Few people can do production design like Del Toro. The two of them should team up for an adaptation of something going back to their gruesome roots. Like adapting HP Lovecraft or something. Del Toro was going to do "At the Mountains of Madness" but the project fell through: At the Mountains of Madness
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Post by ArArArchStanton on Sept 2, 2017 1:06:33 GMT
I guess this is semi-off topic, but it's a valid question. What happened to Peter Jackson? The guy made one of the best trilogies of all time. The "Middle-Earth Movement" swept the majority of the world. They were all highly successful critically, financially, and with the general public. What has he done since? Obviously The Hobbit Trilogy, but that was far from his vision. The studio rushed him into production, then stretched the book to two movies. Then, after the first trailer was released, it was suddenly a trilogy. That wasn't all his fault. The first two were pretty good anyway. If I had to guess, Jackson wanted one epic 3-hour film, but the studio axed that real quick. Other than Middle-Earth, Jackson also did The Adventures of Tintin. I thought that was a fun romp that some cynics over-criticized. What happened to that great filmmaker that did LotR? I liked King Kong, but it wasn't anything new from we've already seen. I wish he would adapt another novel or series or create his own work and actually direct it. He's talented. Is there a reason why he didn't explode into Hollywood after LotR was a global smash-hit? What projects would you like to see him do? Maybe a WWII epic would be good. Maybe he could tackle one of the new Indiana Jones sequels? Who knows. I just want his ambition back. TLOTR was incredible, one of the very best pieces of work in cinema ever, but the thing is his work after was always cartoonishly over the top. King Kong and the Hobbit both had numerous moments that were near unwatchable, usually involving action scenes. But then there are weird moments like Jack Black's "I've discovered a map" line that just made me want to throw something at the screen. IDK, I think Jackson was only solid when he was sticking strictly to somebody elses story. When he went off on his own, he made the Zach Snyder mistake of trying to write for himself and it showing that he didn't really know how.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 1:12:33 GMT
I guess this is semi-off topic, but it's a valid question. What happened to Peter Jackson? The guy made one of the best trilogies of all time. The "Middle-Earth Movement" swept the majority of the world. They were all highly successful critically, financially, and with the general public. What has he done since? Obviously The Hobbit Trilogy, but that was far from his vision. The studio rushed him into production, then stretched the book to two movies. Then, after the first trailer was released, it was suddenly a trilogy. That wasn't all his fault. The first two were pretty good anyway. If I had to guess, Jackson wanted one epic 3-hour film, but the studio axed that real quick. Other than Middle-Earth, Jackson also did The Adventures of Tintin. I thought that was a fun romp that some cynics over-criticized. What happened to that great filmmaker that did LotR? I liked King Kong, but it wasn't anything new from we've already seen. I wish he would adapt another novel or series or create his own work and actually direct it. He's talented. Is there a reason why he didn't explode into Hollywood after LotR was a global smash-hit? What projects would you like to see him do? Maybe a WWII epic would be good. Maybe he could tackle one of the new Indiana Jones sequels? Who knows. I just want his ambition back. TLOTR was incredible, one of the very best pieces of work in cinema ever, but the thing is his work after was always cartoonishly over the top. King Kong and the Hobbit both had numerous moments that were near unwatchable, usually involving action scenes. But then there are weird moments like Jack Black's "I've discovered a map" line that just made me want to throw something at the screen. IDK, I think Jackson was only solid when he was sticking strictly to somebody elses story. When he went off on his own, he made the Zach Snyder mistake of trying to write for himself and it showing that he didn't really know how. Filmmakers usually do end up falling into that trap when they think they can improve a story that's stood the test of time on its own. Almost always, it just shows the world that there's a reason this story was maintained its place on various Top 10 lists.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Sept 4, 2017 13:12:59 GMT
The two of them should team up for an adaptation of something going back to their gruesome roots. Like adapting HP Lovecraft or something. Del Toro was going to do "At the Mountains of Madness" but the project fell through: At the Mountains of MadnessLike a Firefly revival, I still hold out hope for that.
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