I took the day off school, went into Wellington and was first in line to see it. (on the remake of King Kong (1976)): I was 15 when that film came out.Gollum isn't going to be another Jar Jar Binks. I've come to realize that, as much as anything, I am making this for the 9-year-old Peter. No way would a studio think this is the year that people want to see a big gorilla movie. The worst type is dictated by demographics or what is hip or what kids are into. The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.In a way, we were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to honor that. We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. ![]() ![]() Elijah Wood on filming "The Lord of the Rings", December 14, 2003. If there was a way that I had seen something and he had seen it differently, I would. But the Lord of the Rings films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that.And he has used his money on things that benefit every filmmaker who gets films produced. He has made a huge difference to the way films are made now. He got ILM started and they developed all the computer technology we use. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today. I think that George Lucas's Star Wars films are fantastic.And then we've stumbled along just taking each day at a time. We somehow went into it thinking we could do it. At the beginning, I don't think anybody had any idea how difficult or complicated it would be. On making "The Lord of the Rings": Looking back, I think we were a bit naive.From my point of view it was always great, because we were heading toward an ending, a climax which we never had in the other two. It is very emotional, and from an actors point of view it is very enjoyable to work on, because they were able to play some pretty intense drama. It is action-orientated as well, but all of our characters have been pushed to a point where their life and death depends on what happens in the third movie. Return of the King is the most enjoyable because in the structure of the movies, it is nothing other than pay-off, there is no more setting up to do, no more exposition, no more introducing characters.I read the book when I was 18 years old and thought then, "I can't wait till the movie comes out." Twenty years later, no one had done it - so I got impatient. : This is a giant undertaking, but I consider this a personal film. ![]() I doubt I could ever control myself sufficiently to make a serious horror film. I immediately start thinking of funny things and gags - that's just the way I am. I just can't sit there and think, "This is really scary." If I made a Hellraiser film, I'd like Pinhead to be whacked against a wall and have all the pins flattened into his face. Some guy walking round with pins sticking out of his face. I thought it was quite good, but it was all just so serious. I saw Hellraiser III the other day at Cannes it's okay, it's a good film, I didn't hate it or anything. On horror: I don't take stuff seriously. ![]()
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