SIN CITY (released 2005/directed by Robert Rodriguez)
Teaser Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN7mRnEvC9E
Theatrical Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0M8qjlAT8s
THIS IS HOW I’D LIKE TO ALTER THE BEGINNING OF ‘THE HOBBIT:AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY’ FOR MYSELF. NOTE - RATHER THAN DO A ‘BOOK CUT’ OF THE NOVEL, I’D PREFER TO DO A TWEAKED ‘JACKSON ADAPTION’ WHICH KEEPS THE LIKES OF THE VISUALLY-GREAT ‘PROLOGUE’ SEQUENCE AT THE BEGINNING. WHILE DOING AWAY WITH THE SILLINESS OF THE ‘TROLLS’ SEQUENCE -
…and continue on as normal until Bilbo opens his red book -
THEN CUT HERE JUST BEFORE WE HEAR BILBO’S VOICE SAY “I’M OLD NOW FRODO…”, AND JUST CUT DIRECTLY TO THE PORTION OF BILBO’S CLOSE-UP AS WE HEAR HIS VOICE SAYING “…I’M NOT THE HOBBIT I USED TO BE” (NOTE - I’m not 100% sure that I need to do this or not) -
…and continue on as normal as Bilbo eventually writes IT BEGAN LONG AGO -
…and continue on as normal as we see the ‘PROLOGUE’ of the dwarf miners and elf King visiting palace/Smaug’s attack/the elf King not helping/the dwarves having to leave their land, while Thorin ends up working as a blacksmith (NOTE - I’D INCLUDE SOME OF THE ELF KING FOOTAGE FROM THE EXTENDED VERSION TO SHOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FALLING OUT BETWEEN HIM AND THE DWARF KING), and we END on the close-up of Thorin hammering a sword he’s making, as we hear Bilbo’s voice say “…AND HE NEVER FORGAVE, AND HE NEVER FORGOT!” -
…then we CUT to this shot of the shire which pans upwards, as we then return to seeing Bilbo writing (NOTE - the THEATRICAL version already transitions to this shot via a brief fade to black in-between…but has Bilbo’s voice saying DIFFERENT words initially!) - STILL TO FINISH WRITING IF I’D PREFER THE EXTENDED OR THEATRICAL VOICEOVER HERE -
…and continue on as normal as we eventually see Bilbo write THERE LIVED A HOBBIT -
…and continue on as normal as we eventually see Frodo appear and head out to get the mail -
…and continue on as normal as Frodo gives the letters to Bilbo, and Bilbo tells him his book isn’t ready yet -
and we END on the shot where Bilbo says “…READING!” -
…and then CUT to Frodo saying to his uncle that people are beginning to think he’s odd and unsociable, as Bilbo then tells him to put a sign on the gate -
…and continue on as normal as we eventually hear Bilbo say something about Ghandalf not liking lateness, as we then see Bilbo sitting on a bench with a long pipe -
