Guillermo del Toro exits "The Hobbit"
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If Tim Burton directed it, we would end up with this cast....
Bilbo - someone we've never seen in any other movie before
Gandalf - Alan Rickman
Gollum - Johnny Depp
Elrond - Martin Landau
Thorin - Timothy Spall
Smaug - voiced by Christopher Lee (but he'll only speak ten words in one scene towards the end)
Bard - Christopher Walken
some as yet unnamed characters - Helena Bonham Carter and Winona Ryder
Oh, and Danny Elfman will, of course, provide the score.
Bilbo - someone we've never seen in any other movie before
Gandalf - Alan Rickman
Gollum - Johnny Depp
Elrond - Martin Landau
Thorin - Timothy Spall
Smaug - voiced by Christopher Lee (but he'll only speak ten words in one scene towards the end)
Bard - Christopher Walken
some as yet unnamed characters - Helena Bonham Carter and Winona Ryder
Oh, and Danny Elfman will, of course, provide the score.
You forgot, "And like nearly every film Burton has made since about '94, it will blow goats".
^ I don't know about that. Burton has made some real stinkers, and I do mean STINKERS, but he's also made some really good ones....
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985 - A-
Beetlejuice - 1988 - A-
Batman -1989 - A+
Edward Scissorhands - 1990 - A
Batman Returns - 1992 - A
Ed Wood - 1994 - B-
Mars Attacks! - 1996 - F
Sleepy Hollow - 1999 - B+
Planet of the Apes - 2001 - F
Big Fish - 2003 - F
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 2005 - D+
Corspe Bride - 2005 - F
Sweeny Todd - 2007 - B+
Alice in Wonderland - 2010 - C
So, I'd say he hasn't made a truly great movie since Batman Returns.
But at least he's out of that slump from 1996-2005, where Sleepy Hollow was his only part-way decent one.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985 - A-
Beetlejuice - 1988 - A-
Batman -1989 - A+
Edward Scissorhands - 1990 - A
Batman Returns - 1992 - A
Ed Wood - 1994 - B-
Mars Attacks! - 1996 - F
Sleepy Hollow - 1999 - B+
Planet of the Apes - 2001 - F
Big Fish - 2003 - F
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 2005 - D+
Corspe Bride - 2005 - F
Sweeny Todd - 2007 - B+
Alice in Wonderland - 2010 - C
So, I'd say he hasn't made a truly great movie since Batman Returns.
But at least he's out of that slump from 1996-2005, where Sleepy Hollow was his only part-way decent one.
"And we have this Brazilian super-model to play Lobelia Sackville-Baggins!!!"
I would give A's to Pee wee's Big Adven., Mars Attacks, & Ed Wood.
I'd give B's to Beetlejuice and Big Fish.
I'd give C's to Batman and Charlie and the Choc. Fac.
The rest of them would get a D or F.
Burton's track record is pretty weak to me.
"Mars Attacks" is one of my favorite sf comedies, but it's funny to me how polarizing it is. I've known at least 50 people who have seen it, and about 40 of them hated it, and around 10 of them thought it was awesome. I've yet to talk to anyone who is lukewarm on it.
Sir Ian McKellan may be the next to depart if MGM doesn't get their act together soon.
I've seen Tim Burton's take on Lord of the Rings. It's called Alice; and I was pretty lukewarm about that film's halfhearted stab at epic fantasy adventure. If that's how he handles the Jabberwocky, I'm disinclined to see how he'd handle Smaug.
Then hello there! I'm pretty meh on the whole film. I like the Martians, the soundtrack, the goofy premise, some of the outsized performances, but it's mostly just a wash.
Ed Wood with all its innocently loopy enthusiasm is by far Burton's best film. And one of Johnny Depp's best performances too.
NO KIDDING!
I can tell you that Christopher Lee being the voice of the Jabberwocky was the only reason I went to see Alice in Wonderland. When he only spoke ten words, it just left me thinking WTF?!?!?!?!