Displeased with The Hobbit

Its been a long week at home. There is so much drama going on about the wedding. Suffice it to say that I am not pleased and I dislike it all.

I read online today that Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson are teaming up to make The Hobbit and another as-yet untitled Middle Earth related movie.

While I love the concept of making the untitled movie since its not an adaptation of any of Tolkien's published works, I do have a problem with The Hobbit. Guillermo Del Toro has an impressive resume under his belt with films like Cronos and Pan's Labyrinth but can he really recreate the magic that Peter Jackson first evoked when he made Fellowship of the Ring?

I also read that James McAvoy would probably be cast as Bilbo. This makes me want to scream. Bilbo is about 50 years of age when he sets out on his adventure in The Hobbit...and the first thing Gandalf notices about Bilbo in Fellowship of the Ring is the fact that BILBO HASNT AGED A DAY.

So WHY, I ask you, the need the cast James whats-his-face as a YOUNGER Bilbo? WHY WHY WHY wont Ian Holm be enough? Its silly I tell you.

For those of you who dont know who James McAvoy is, he's the one who played the Faun in The Chronicles of Narnia and as the young man who was accused of rape in Atonement.

It would be an utter shame to watch The Hobbit be ruined even if the content in it is far lighter than most of Tolkien's published works. However, the only option in this case is to wait to watch the film when it is released in 2010. After all, they've promised to be faithful to the book....and I am already shivering with delight at the thought of watching Bilbo and the 13 dwarves lose themselves in the damnation that is Mirkwood...and watching Bilbo play a game of riddles in the dark with Gollum.

Patiently I shall wait, precious.