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   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article   
   <797b74cc-05a5-4c0b-ad6f-3d8286f39196@y12g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,   
    calvin  wrote:   
      
   > Somewhere a year or so ago I got the impression that   
   > the first movie would cover the whole Hobbit proper, and   
   > the second would cover the period between The Hobbit   
   > and The Lord of the Rings.  Going by the Tale of Years,   
   > this period is 59 years long and includes the following   
   > events (among others listed):   
   >   
   > - Gollum begins his search for the 'thief'.   
   >   
   > - Sauron declares himself and gathers power in Mordor.   
   >   
   > - Gollum turns toward Mordor.   
   >   
   > - Three Nazgul occupy Dol Guldur.   
   >   
   > - Arwen and Aragorn meet.   
   >   
   > - Gollum reaches Mordor and meets Shelob.   
   >   
   > - Last meeting of the White Council.   
   >   
   > - Saruman occupies Isengard.   
   >   
   > - Friendship of Aragorn and Gandalf begins.   
   >   
   > - Births of Frodo, Samwise, Boromir, Faramir, Eomer, Eowyn.   
   >   
   > - Balin leaves Erebor and enters Moria.   
   >   
   > - Saruman uses the Palantir of Orthanc and becomes   
   >  ensnared by Sauron.   
   >   
   > There's plenty of stuff for a movie in all this I should think.   
      
   Yeah, but few actual events, i.e. not "Battle of..,", really. And   
   regardless of what you think of PJ and his crew, a movie adaptation of   
   the Middle Earth world would most certainly center around visually   
   stunning settings.   
      
   Your entire list above could be a summary, much like the "twelve   
   endings" of the Return of the King, only if done slightly more   
   elegantly :)   
      
      
      
      
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