Hobbit photos

The first photos from the set of The Hobbit have been trickling onto the web, so I thought I'd share my opinions of them for those few who care. Predictably enough, from what little they've revealed so far, it's looking good.

First up, Martin Freeman as Bilbo. Costume design is nicely in keeping with the stuff Bilbo wore in the LotR films, but different enough that it's believable that a (comparatively) young character would wear it. Hell, Freeman even looks like a young Ian Holm. Very good choice for the character; so far, Bilbo's looking good.

The dwarves... I'm more hesitant about. They still look good, and it's nice that they appear to have decided to make each dwarf look very distinct; given how many of them there are, this will definitely be handy when it comes to keeping track of who's who. Now, I know The Hobbit is considerably more light-hearted than LotR, but I worry somewhat that the designs are a little, well, silly. Still, this is mostly just nit-picking. I'm still stupidly excited for this film.

Ok, fine. The dwarf on the left has hair that wouldn't look out of place in a Final Fantasy game. But other than that it looks good.

All pictures come from Empire Online.