I just watched Peter Jackson's first production diary from The Hobbit and I have not been so excited about a film for...well, a really long time. Probably since Half-Blood Prince. But I'm not even sure I was this excited about HBP.
I was watching it, and just to see the old sets - Bag End, Rivendell - and the new ones - Gollum's cave - sent me back to when I was 11, 12, 13, waiting for The Lord of the Rings to come out, watching them over...and over...and over...and over again. Watching the production extras, obsessing over every single aspect of the world. Crying when I watched The Return of the King extra's and saw it ending. All of those feelings and memories came back in a huge rush and I suddenly remembered why I wanted to enter the entertainment industry in the first place. These movies are it. I want to see the magic of my own creation unfold before my eyes, see it from start to finish.
When I first started the video, I was once again shocked when I saw how much Pete has changed physically. I was almost uncertain, until he started speaking. Then it was the same old Pete. He may not have his big tummy, or his duct-taped jacket anymore, but it was the same Pete - passionate about his work, funny, the man who made me want to do what I want to do. Seeing him walk around Rivendell was just...wow. If I had been video taping myself, you would be able to see the flailing, the constant OHMYGOD look on my face. I feel like I'm repeating myself a lot here, but I just don't know how to express how much I am looking forward to these movies, or how much I wish I was in New Zealand right now, working on them. Seeing the little bit of the sets, the costumes, weapons, blocking...it made me want to be there even more. I haven't longed for something like this for a really long time - possibly since The Lord of the Rings came out on DVD and I longed to be there the first time. Or possibly since I wandered through my hometown mall, longing for Harry Potter to be real. I can't remember which was first. But anyway.
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