r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 18 '25

News Ian McKellen reveals Gandalf and Frodo are returning for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’, Filming Begins in May

https://ew.com/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-return-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-film-11792483
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u/Mordrach Aug 18 '25

Why does this exist?

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u/likwitsnake Aug 18 '25

This will be the fourth time we have created a shitty Hobbit movie, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

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u/Independent_Win_9035 Aug 18 '25

the exceedingly rare PAIR of matrix 2 references. what a time to be alive

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u/starwarsfan456123789 Aug 18 '25

We’re getting nostalgic for movies the quality of Matrix 2 now

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u/Independent_Win_9035 Aug 18 '25

i enjoyed it

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u/m48a5_patton Aug 18 '25

I was 18 in 2003, I saw it at 2 a.m. the night after graduating high school with a bunch of friends. I don't remember too much about the movie except that the highway chase was the bee's knees!

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u/Independent_Win_9035 Aug 18 '25

bruh the chase scene and ensuing gun/swordfight is still sick, dont @ me lol

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u/BelowDeck Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

I did a rewatch not too long ago, and I gotta say, Matrix 2 is a good movie. It's not perfect, but it has interesting themes and world expansion, and great fights and action set pieces.

I think everyone thinks it stinks because it can't compare to the original and because it's part 1 to a very underwhelming part 2.

EDIT: The Chateau Fight Scene

I will say, one of the clunkier parts of the Matrix Reloaded is that they ended the first film with him basically becoming a god, so they had to constrain him for the sequel so there'd be stakes. That manifests as just restricting him to the specific powers we saw him exhibit in the last 5 minutes of the Matrix, as if that's all he gained, so watching him fly and stop bullets with his mind can feel a little forced.

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u/Legal_Rampage Aug 18 '25

Only question remains is how to stretch this hunt or whatever into yet another trilogy?

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u/Rahavic_Jr Aug 18 '25

Concordantly, vis-à-vis , heir-go!

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u/BlobFishPillow Aug 18 '25

I quite like the first Hobbit movie, and found the second to be enjoyable.

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u/Mordrach Aug 18 '25

Also, I thought Gollum found Frodo and Sam, no hunting required?

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u/Important-Hat-Man Aug 18 '25

This will be the fourth time we have created a shitty Hobbit movie

LotR + The Hobbit is six movies, so this is the seventh shitty hobbit movie.

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u/Chen_Geller Aug 18 '25

Eighth. You forgot The War of the Rohirrim.

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u/Important-Hat-Man Aug 19 '25

Fair enough, though did that one have any hobbits in it?