HOBBIT - Dwarf Pics

[Kris]

While I understand that making 13 dwarves all have their own individual (and easily recognisable) look is a bit of a challenge, I have to say that I really dislike a couple of these interpretations (especially Thorin and Kili).

For example, in tLotR movies even if Gimli is in shot on his own you can tell he's a dwarf. With some of these dwarves I'm thinking that's not the case

I'm still looking forward to it though (and still hoping we get wolf-looking wargs this time around ).

 

[Klaus]

I dislike the Thorin interpretation more than I can express. In fact, I much prefer the photo-shopped image. Still, I'll see the movie with an open mind and expect it to be good, but that image is about as far from what I see in my mind as you can get. The brothers Hildebrandt must be spinning in their graves (assuming they are dead, of course).

Greg and Tim Hildebrant are still alive and kicking.

 

[Ebon Shar]

Greg and Tim Hildebrant are still alive and kicking.

Whew! My apologies to them. If they are, for whatever reason, reading this, I loved Urshurak. It is a treasured childhood memory!

 

[Klaus]

Whew! My apologies to them. If they are, for whatever reason, reading this, I loved Urshurak. It is a treasured childhood memory!

They are on Facebook, so you can just tell them personally.

 

[Phaezen]

Some of my thoughts on the looks of the dwarves

Firstly each dwarf is unique and for the majority of them I could name the dwarf from his image. This is important in a movie as cinema goers need to be able to see who is who on screen.

A slightly more subtle thing I have noticed is hair and beard styles indicate family connections (brothers and cousins have similar beards and hair) This could have been done more subtly through braiding differences but would not have been as noticeable or effective on screen.

But what I think is causing the most disconnect with people is in The Hobbit the dwarves are given a very cartoon like feel and are generally referred to in pairs or groups rather than individuals. While this works in a book it won't work anywhere nearly as well in a movie, so Peter Jackson has had to give them all personalities that are not explicitly described in The Hobbit itself but are given in the various Appendices and additional material on Middle Earth.

 

[Rabulias]

Greg and Tim Hildebrant are still alive and kicking.

Um, sad to say, but Tim Hildebrandt died June 11, 2006. Greg is indeed still alive.

 

[Mark CMG]

Um, sad to say, but Tim Hildebrandt died June 11, 2006. Greg is indeed still alive.

Brothers Hildebrandt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Klaus]

Um, sad to say, but Tim Hildebrandt died June 11, 2006. Greg is indeed still alive.

I stand corrected, and saddened.

 

[Phaezen]

Quite a bit of the dwarves in the most recent production video, they look better moving, I think

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3V3-KdAWYs&feature=player_embedded]‪THE HOBBIT, Production Video #3 [HD]‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[cyderak]

A full 13 Dwarf Pic from Peter Jackson directly: