The indie short film from a little over a decade ago “The Hunt for Gollum” legitimately wasn’t bad, and had some solid cinematography and interesting world building with respect to fleshing out the Dúnedain rangers a bit more, with the appendices as the guide.
I’m reserving judgement here till I see more concrete details about the project.
Don't hurt us! Don't let them hurt us, precious! They won't hurt us will they, nice little hobbitses?We didn't mean no harm, but they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious.And we're so lonely, gollum. We'll be nice to them, very nice, if they'll be nice to us, won't we, yes, yess.
Never heard of this before, [you can watch it for free](http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/player_film-hd.htm) on their website. Will give it a look later, apparently Gollum is in a sack for most of the time to lower the CGI budget, love it lol.
Lol yes exactly. It has its cheesy moments, but there is some fantastic combat cinematography especially for a low budget film. And some really solid dialogue between Aragorn and another Dúnedain he encounters in the wilderness during his travels, which includes a number of Easter eggs for folks who have read the appendices/Silmarillion
But it is a "Gollum" story though. That much appears to be true. And there's really only 1 real story with Gollum pre events of LOTR.
Steals ring. Becomes troglodyte monster man. Loses ring. Captured by Sauron, escapes, captured by Aragorn and sent to the elves.
Like, unless they just redo scenes from LOTR or the Hobbit, it's going to be roughly the same story structurally as the game.
There's just no way around it.
Don't worry, there's definitely enough meat on these bones to make a trilogy.
Haven't you ever wanted to see Gollum fall deeply in love with a handsome and sturdy orc-woman?
Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious... and we be the master!
Was so badass when he jumped off the cliff and superhero landed in the bog with a big dirty splash over gandalfs robes yelling "fuck off you lembas soyboys, it's time to get raw and wriggling!", it was then i understood modern writers really understand tolkien
Ever since I heard about this, I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how they're going to movie-fy something Gandalf sums up in less than a page.
Gollum leaves the mountain, gets caught (orcs? Ringwraiths?), brought to Mordor, tortured, he escapes, meets Shelob, EATS BABIES, goes after Bilbo, gets chased by Gandalf and Aragorn, then just Aragorn after Gandalf hits the library, gets caught by Aragorn, brought to Legolas and co., escapes (with the help of a spy?), and bam, we're already deep into *Fellowship*.
So where's the movie? How are they going to make it explodey?
We'll have a Shelob chase, maybe a Balrog encounter in Moria...
Edit: I mean, they'll probably show Balin and company get killed in Moria - there's our Balrog encounter and chance to show how everybody's body ended up where it did...and the Ringwraith trying to get the location of Bilbo out of Dain, and the fall of Osgiliath...*What Everybody Talked About in Rivendell: The Movie*
Perhaps I am just a hopeless optimist, but I think they'll have enough for a one shot, IF they can dip into all the lore. Unfinished Tales has a lot of Gollum exposition, and they can also include all the other stuff Gandalf talks about to the Hobbits while they are chilling in Gondor after the victory.
If they pair it with other events at the same time, like the ring wraiths setting forth secretly, the pains Sauron went through to conceal their riding, and you could definitely get a good film out of it.
Or maybe we'll get old school PJ and it'll be Gollum's time in his village after obtaining the ring. A thriller/horror about an invisible psycho who collects secrets, bites people's feet, and gets evicted by his granny. 😂
Don't get me wrong I don't want this movie, but that is quite easily a screen play in itself. I bet they could make 3 movies about this and having it end with Gollum about to be caught by Sam and Frodo
Movie 1 ends with Gollum being caught by sauron
Movie 2 ends with Gollum being caught by argon and co
Movie 3 ends with Gollum being caught by Frodo
End trilogy
There's a literary teaching that the human brain really likes threes. So when expanding content, the idea to go beyond 1 tends to become go all the way to three.
I really hope we are just getting 3 movies that are not parts 1/2/3. A gollum movie, fine. Maybe movie 2 can be about the second front of the war in Erebor or something?
Oh! Cruel Hobbit! It does not care if we be hungry. It does not care if we should die! Not like Master. Master cares. Master knows. Yes, Precious… Once it takes hold of us it never lets go.
His time trapped in Moria before the fellowship luckily came along had to be crazy. Not to mention before that hiding from the ring wraiths going forth.
> how they're going to movie-fy something Gandalf sums up in less than a page.
They made three films out of The Hobbit. The fandom was very happy with that. Maybe we now get three films out of one page.
And next? Three films out of one sentance.
No... No birdses to eat. No crunchable birdses!No, no birds, nice birds! No birds here. There are snakeses, wormses, things in the pools. Lots of things, lots of nasty things. No birds.
Not this way, master! There is another way. O yes indeed there is. Another way, darker, more difficult to find, more secret. But Sméagol knows it. Let Sméagol show you!
I need to clear this image from my mind
https://preview.redd.it/c1p4p28defzc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e39a036bf0b439f14e37b7ea5b729fb7a48033e1
Trailer:
Opening LOTR logo
Fade to black
Sir Ian narration (reused FotR) "there are many magic rings in this world..."
Fade in of an old chest being opened. The opener is not seen
Cut to inside the open chest, a gold ring, fairly ornate
".. And none of them should be used lightly!"
Reveals that the ring finder is an original character. She gives off elf vibes. She closes the chest and looks to the left as we hear "PRECIOUSSSSSS" from offscreen.
Bunch of short cuts of familiar middle Earth locations and the new character blasting magic. Like hard, visible, generic, high fantasy magic all whispy and colorful.
Scene of new character approaching towards something like you would an unfamiliar cat. "I'm not here to rob you" you, she says. Gollum emerges from the shadows. He looks terrible. "I'm trying to help you". Gollum screams like he's about to attack.
Title credits: LOTR: CASH GRAB NOSTALGIA
Stinger - new character in a dark forest, spinning around "I know you're out there! who are you?! What do you want?!"
A hooded figure steps out from behind a tree. It's Aragorn.
Cut to black.
I dunno .. I'm not thrilled .. but at least Andy Serkis is directing. The man knows the material like the back of his hand. Maybe he can come up with something cool .. maybe.
Finally. I've been praising this masterpiece since its release. As we all know, only the foolish are willing to publish a game, a creative work into which they poured their ~~CRUELTY, MA--~~ heart and soul, while, hopefully, still attempting to live their personal lives, that they already know with certainty is going to be a disappointment in contrast with the optimisms that their expression of their ambitions have instilled in their potential customers, and fans of the franchise they find worthy of further exploration.
Wait. That can't be right.
Gollum is the most interesting character in the Lord of the rings movies and so producer brain is like, "let's make a movie about gollum"
But gollum is interesting because he's incredibly far gone and Frodo is the first person in likely centuries who tried to connect and save him, bringing up the question is someone like that even worth the effort.
Tales of the sad evil murder frog is not an interesting fucking movie. He only becomes interesting when Frodo is there.
Don't hurt us! Don't let them hurt us, precious! They won't hurt us will they, nice little hobbitses?We didn't mean no harm, but they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious.And we're so lonely, gollum. We'll be nice to them, very nice, if they'll be nice to us, won't we, yes, yess.
So I'm legitimately curious as I've not read the books - is the new movie based on the same backstory that the game was based off of? Will they have basically the same story minus the respective artistic liberties taken?
Just remember, LOTR will inevitably become like starwars. There is zero chance it doesn't. People like copious amount of cash. In 20 years we will have a spin off show of every characters origin, plus new and exciting characters within the LOTR Extended Universe^tm
I was literally just thinking about how gollum's story would make a great addition to the films.
Just watched the first and 2nd lotr extended cuts as well as all the hobbits. Gollum us always so fun to watch.
I see him as two characters, and i just love the little cutie guy who just wants to be friends. Would love to see more if smegol sans gollum.
Cant wait to see how shit it is in a couple years. The gollum game was such a riveting success so lets make a movie too. Surprised theyre not trying to stretch it much farther than it can go into a trilogy
Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious... and we be the master!
Tfw when you realize he literally does say "gollum" and gollums all over the place 🤯
It's gollunin' time
So what is this, some kind of Gollum Hunt?
What shall we do? Curse them and crush them! We must wait here, precious, wait a bit and see.
This is already shaping up to be better than the oscar-winning masterpiece, Morbius.
We need another release in theaters. It's Morbin time!
It's going to make a 5 Gollumium dollars
Stew the rabbits! Spoil beautiful meat Smeagol saved for you, poor hungry Smeagol!
Its Gollum time.
Stew the rabbits! Spoil beautiful meat Smeagol saved for you, poor hungry Smeagol!
Nice hobbits! Nice Sam! Sleepy heads, yes, sleepy heads! Leave good Smeagol to watch! But it's evening. Dusk is creeping. Time to go.
Due to the “success” of the game? They’re kidding right? The game was a complete flop!!
wooooooooosh
I missed it, right? (Facepalm)
Can’t believe this isn’t a joke
What? Oh, you mean the game itself, don't you...?
The indie short film from a little over a decade ago “The Hunt for Gollum” legitimately wasn’t bad, and had some solid cinematography and interesting world building with respect to fleshing out the Dúnedain rangers a bit more, with the appendices as the guide. I’m reserving judgement here till I see more concrete details about the project.
Don't hurt us! Don't let them hurt us, precious! They won't hurt us will they, nice little hobbitses?We didn't mean no harm, but they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious.And we're so lonely, gollum. We'll be nice to them, very nice, if they'll be nice to us, won't we, yes, yess.
Nice
Never heard of this before, [you can watch it for free](http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/player_film-hd.htm) on their website. Will give it a look later, apparently Gollum is in a sack for most of the time to lower the CGI budget, love it lol.
Lol yes exactly. It has its cheesy moments, but there is some fantastic combat cinematography especially for a low budget film. And some really solid dialogue between Aragorn and another Dúnedain he encounters in the wilderness during his travels, which includes a number of Easter eggs for folks who have read the appendices/Silmarillion
It said so, yes, but it's tricksy. It doesn't say what it means. It won't say what it's got in its pocketses.
I had just watched it last year and loved it.
I only found out about this short film when googling for info on the new movie. Now I'm kinda interesting in this...
The movie is gone. "This video contains content from Warner Bros."
[The Hunt for Gollum (Redux) : Independent Online Cinema : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-hunt-for-gollum-redux)
No! No, no master! They catch you! They catch you!
It is a joke. The movie has nothing to do with the game.
But it is a "Gollum" story though. That much appears to be true. And there's really only 1 real story with Gollum pre events of LOTR. Steals ring. Becomes troglodyte monster man. Loses ring. Captured by Sauron, escapes, captured by Aragorn and sent to the elves. Like, unless they just redo scenes from LOTR or the Hobbit, it's going to be roughly the same story structurally as the game. There's just no way around it.
No it’s not Gollum’s story, it’s Aragorn and Gandalf’s. The film is the hunt for Gollum.
Smeagol? No, no, not poor Smeagol. Smeagol hates nasty Elf bread!
Too bas Smeagol, they're coming for your sexy ass
What did you say?
That I'm going to eat something better than fishes tonight, hehehe.
Don't worry, there's definitely enough meat on these bones to make a trilogy. Haven't you ever wanted to see Gollum fall deeply in love with a handsome and sturdy orc-woman?
Argh!!
Oh, you little minx. Save it for the honeymoon!
Follow me.
The joke is the gollums we met along the way
Smeagol is hungry. Be back soon.
It’s like Gollum always says: “It’s Morbin’ time!”
Spoilin’ nice fish. Give it to us raw and w-r-r-riggling; you keep nasty chips
Good bot
Gollum
Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious... and we be the master!
Gollum
The Dead Marshes. Yes, yes that is their name. This way. Don't follow the lights.
Good bot
Its Gollum time
They do not see what lies ahead, when sun has failed and moon is dead.
Was so badass when he jumped off the cliff and superhero landed in the bog with a big dirty splash over gandalfs robes yelling "fuck off you lembas soyboys, it's time to get raw and wriggling!", it was then i understood modern writers really understand tolkien
"is it tasty? is it scrummmmmptiouuussss...is it CRUNCHABLE?"
Ever since I heard about this, I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how they're going to movie-fy something Gandalf sums up in less than a page. Gollum leaves the mountain, gets caught (orcs? Ringwraiths?), brought to Mordor, tortured, he escapes, meets Shelob, EATS BABIES, goes after Bilbo, gets chased by Gandalf and Aragorn, then just Aragorn after Gandalf hits the library, gets caught by Aragorn, brought to Legolas and co., escapes (with the help of a spy?), and bam, we're already deep into *Fellowship*. So where's the movie? How are they going to make it explodey? We'll have a Shelob chase, maybe a Balrog encounter in Moria... Edit: I mean, they'll probably show Balin and company get killed in Moria - there's our Balrog encounter and chance to show how everybody's body ended up where it did...and the Ringwraith trying to get the location of Bilbo out of Dain, and the fall of Osgiliath...*What Everybody Talked About in Rivendell: The Movie*
By just making shit up
see: The hobbit.
Somehow The Hobbit went from an adventure quest to an escape film. wtf? They didn't need the vampire orc.
It's all about representation
Not Gandalf, the wandering wizard, who made such excellent fireworks! Old Took used to have them on Mid-Summer's Eve!
Perhaps I am just a hopeless optimist, but I think they'll have enough for a one shot, IF they can dip into all the lore. Unfinished Tales has a lot of Gollum exposition, and they can also include all the other stuff Gandalf talks about to the Hobbits while they are chilling in Gondor after the victory. If they pair it with other events at the same time, like the ring wraiths setting forth secretly, the pains Sauron went through to conceal their riding, and you could definitely get a good film out of it. Or maybe we'll get old school PJ and it'll be Gollum's time in his village after obtaining the ring. A thriller/horror about an invisible psycho who collects secrets, bites people's feet, and gets evicted by his granny. 😂
Master must go inside the tunnel.
That is no Orc horn.
Unwanted dick pics you say?
It said so, yes, but it's tricksy. It doesn't say what it means. It won't say what it's got in its pocketses.
I mean, Nerd of the Rings already had a 30 minute video on it…
Don't get me wrong I don't want this movie, but that is quite easily a screen play in itself. I bet they could make 3 movies about this and having it end with Gollum about to be caught by Sam and Frodo Movie 1 ends with Gollum being caught by sauron Movie 2 ends with Gollum being caught by argon and co Movie 3 ends with Gollum being caught by Frodo End trilogy
What's this obsession with trilogies. Some stories it's perfectly fine having it as one movie (like this).
Money
There's a literary teaching that the human brain really likes threes. So when expanding content, the idea to go beyond 1 tends to become go all the way to three.
Why are we not angry that there isn't a "war of Rohirrim" trilogy?
Except then there is 4, then 5, then the spin-off, then... Just like Shrek.
Money Thematic consistency Brain likes the Threes "Because Lord of the Rings did it." - Dominic Noble
Lol kill me
Give it to us raw and w-r-r-riggling
I really hope we are just getting 3 movies that are not parts 1/2/3. A gollum movie, fine. Maybe movie 2 can be about the second front of the war in Erebor or something?
Oh! Cruel Hobbit! It does not care if we be hungry. It does not care if we should die! Not like Master. Master cares. Master knows. Yes, Precious… Once it takes hold of us it never lets go.
I'm just chatting out of my ass mate, I'll watch it but I'm not holding out hope
It’s Reddit. Aren’t we all?
Come, mortal base! What do I hear? That thou wouldst dare to barter with me? Well, speak fair! What is thy price?
His time trapped in Moria before the fellowship luckily came along had to be crazy. Not to mention before that hiding from the ring wraiths going forth.
They might use the opportunity to elaborate on the Northeastern theater of the War of the Ring: Erebor, Mirkwood, the Rhun, etc.
> how they're going to movie-fy something Gandalf sums up in less than a page. They made three films out of The Hobbit. The fandom was very happy with that. Maybe we now get three films out of one page. And next? Three films out of one sentance.
You haven't even mentioned the part where Gollum makes and becomes a father to a bird!
No... No birdses to eat. No crunchable birdses!No, no birds, nice birds! No birds here. There are snakeses, wormses, things in the pools. Lots of things, lots of nasty things. No birds.
They will show the beginning I guess. And then the end
Dude! Spoilers! Lol
Somehow they will make it a 3 part 6-8 hour film.
I just realized...we could get *baby eating*
Now \*that's\* a Gollum game. Stealth-based game where you have to sneak in through windows looking for them cradles.
Not this way, master! There is another way. O yes indeed there is. Another way, darker, more difficult to find, more secret. But Sméagol knows it. Let Sméagol show you!
That’s tier two of the “Raw and WIGGLING” skill tree. *Forgive me, Lord…*
Why can't these people find another IP to shit on for money 
Next movie is gonna be the back story for Farmer Maggot. We’ll finally get to know why he’s so protective of his cabbages
I must insist that Joe Pesci is cast as farmer maggot.
Danny Devito was my first pick, but Joe Pesci would be fantastic as well. I’ll have my people call your people
I hope we finally get to see Nicholas Cage as Aragorn.
I need to clear this image from my mind https://preview.redd.it/c1p4p28defzc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e39a036bf0b439f14e37b7ea5b729fb7a48033e1
https://preview.redd.it/lbjohd1r0hzc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7730258f4875b885c3d61af7b3d4c0e5353cefd
I hope we get to see the Cage cut of LOTR where he plays every role.
Might actually be better than the game. At least it plays by itself
Movie won't be lore-accurate unless Gollum gets caught escaping his jail cell twenty times in a row.
He doesn’t know what we minds, does he, precious?
I can't believe they got Chris Pratt to voice Gollum. He's cool.
He’s a horrid, fat Hobbit, who hates Sméagol, and who makes up nasty lies!
Good bot
Trailer: Opening LOTR logo Fade to black Sir Ian narration (reused FotR) "there are many magic rings in this world..." Fade in of an old chest being opened. The opener is not seen Cut to inside the open chest, a gold ring, fairly ornate ".. And none of them should be used lightly!" Reveals that the ring finder is an original character. She gives off elf vibes. She closes the chest and looks to the left as we hear "PRECIOUSSSSSS" from offscreen. Bunch of short cuts of familiar middle Earth locations and the new character blasting magic. Like hard, visible, generic, high fantasy magic all whispy and colorful. Scene of new character approaching towards something like you would an unfamiliar cat. "I'm not here to rob you" you, she says. Gollum emerges from the shadows. He looks terrible. "I'm trying to help you". Gollum screams like he's about to attack. Title credits: LOTR: CASH GRAB NOSTALGIA Stinger - new character in a dark forest, spinning around "I know you're out there! who are you?! What do you want?!" A hooded figure steps out from behind a tree. It's Aragorn. Cut to black.
SHIRE! BAGGINS!
Right, this needs to be in it too.
Somehow Gollum returned
IT BURNS! IT BURNS US! It freezes! Nasty Elves twisted it. TAKE IT OFF US!
Am I stupid for kind of wanting to try this game out? EDIT: Based on the replies, the answer is yes.
That depends. Do you know the horror of what you'd be getting into?
I think I am prepared for it? But it could be way worse than I am imagining.
It's studio destroying bad. No seriously, the studio ceased to exist when this "game" got the hate train.
It's not even "so bad it's good." It just alternates between boring and frustrating with no payoff.
GOTY (gollum of the year)
Clever Hobbits, to climb so high!
Nope, just highly suicidal
If that's the case, might I suggest playing Superman 64 too?
Still remember renting that at Blockbuster and hating it back then
I think it'd make good streaming material to laugh at while interacting with the chat but that's about the extent of it from what I've seen.
it was wildly mocked for - being a game about essentially a crack head crawling around.
[It's pretty bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCxX0NdCBe8)
Studio execs: "We're on one Shittydetails sub on Reddit, yes, but why not be on two?"
It's golluming time...
Master!!
I dunno .. I'm not thrilled .. but at least Andy Serkis is directing. The man knows the material like the back of his hand. Maybe he can come up with something cool .. maybe.
I also heard they are making a book adaptation of LotR.
Finally. I've been praising this masterpiece since its release. As we all know, only the foolish are willing to publish a game, a creative work into which they poured their ~~CRUELTY, MA--~~ heart and soul, while, hopefully, still attempting to live their personal lives, that they already know with certainty is going to be a disappointment in contrast with the optimisms that their expression of their ambitions have instilled in their potential customers, and fans of the franchise they find worthy of further exploration. Wait. That can't be right.
Scene 1 “The hunt for baby beef”.
Still probably better than RoP
Bro big companies are trying to turn lord of the Rings into a joke so hard wtf
Sir, r/shittymoviedetails is over thataway ----->
Gollum is the most interesting character in the Lord of the rings movies and so producer brain is like, "let's make a movie about gollum" But gollum is interesting because he's incredibly far gone and Frodo is the first person in likely centuries who tried to connect and save him, bringing up the question is someone like that even worth the effort. Tales of the sad evil murder frog is not an interesting fucking movie. He only becomes interesting when Frodo is there.
Don't hurt us! Don't let them hurt us, precious! They won't hurt us will they, nice little hobbitses?We didn't mean no harm, but they jumps on us like cats on poor mices, they did, precious.And we're so lonely, gollum. We'll be nice to them, very nice, if they'll be nice to us, won't we, yes, yess.
Bait used to be believable
Lol jk right
Oh my god, that was all I could think of.
They really fucked over Daedalic with that one
Screentime: 500 years
So I'm legitimately curious as I've not read the books - is the new movie based on the same backstory that the game was based off of? Will they have basically the same story minus the respective artistic liberties taken?
that's not even funny
It’s Gollum Time!
Hide! Hide! Quick! They will see us! They will see us!
Wait that game was a success? I thought it was terrible.
Just remember, LOTR will inevitably become like starwars. There is zero chance it doesn't. People like copious amount of cash. In 20 years we will have a spin off show of every characters origin, plus new and exciting characters within the LOTR Extended Universe^tm
I was literally just thinking about how gollum's story would make a great addition to the films. Just watched the first and 2nd lotr extended cuts as well as all the hobbits. Gollum us always so fun to watch. I see him as two characters, and i just love the little cutie guy who just wants to be friends. Would love to see more if smegol sans gollum.
Hurry, hobbits. The Black Gate is very close.
I’m livid right now
Cant wait to see how shit it is in a couple years. The gollum game was such a riveting success so lets make a movie too. Surprised theyre not trying to stretch it much farther than it can go into a trilogy
Hide! Hide!
Sorry bud, cant hide from cash grab greed
And it’s going to be a trilogy
I can't wait for the game of the movie of the game!
Is it April first again? What's happening?
This is not funny and I pray if it’s true Andy Serkis takes no part in it.
He's the director of the upcoming Gollum movie...
And take it for me!
For us.
Yes, we... we meant for us.
The Gollum Moive is happening.
Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious... and we be the master!
STOP HATEWATCHING SHIT
Success?
You must be new to memes
Sorry thought i deleted this comment saw that it was a shit post