Best Film Adaptation of 2012 (Part 2)

Here's the second part of the Best Film Adaption of 2012 which includes their producer's movie descriptions and official trailer:

• Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time. - © Warner Bros.

• The Lucky One

U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive--a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm. - © Warner Bros

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov reinvent the time-honored genre and present the terrifying creatures of the night as they were meant to be experienced -- as fierce, visceral, intense and blood thristy. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter brings to the screen the secret life of our nation's favorite president...as history's greatest hunter of the undead. - © AbeLincolnVampireHunter.com

Best Film Adaptation of 2012

Every book lover always yearns to see their favorite characters come to life. Who wouldn't want to see them in action, straight out of the big screen? Of course, no one! So most of us couldn't help but to feel gratified at the producers who had brought as these best film adaptations this 2012. See if your film adaptation had made it to the list:

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had brought us the perfect film to year the end right. Directed by acclaimed director Peter Jackson, who also brought life to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first installment of the The Hobbit book who was divided into three parts and will be followed by two other installment: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and There and Back Again (2014).  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the prequel of The Lord of the Rings which starts off with Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins' uncle, who was picked by the wizard Gandalf to accompany thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. This installment also introduced how Bilbo gain possession of the One Ring from Gollum's hand... the simple gold ring that will change the fate of all Middle-Earth.

• Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

The final conclusion of The Twilight Saga had finally reached the big screen and was true to their promise to left a satisfying end to The Twilight series. In this astonishing conclusion, Bella who finally awoken to the life of vampires must do everything in her power to protect her vampire family, the Olympian Coven, upon the threats of the powerful old coven Volturi. With her vampire husband, Edward Cullen and her werewolf bestfriend, Jacob Black, they will find a way to save her hybrid daughter Renesmee, who will either be annihilated upon being suspected as a newborn child--a false allegation that will put their entire fates in danger. Together with Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmet, Alice and Jasper, they will sought alliance with old vampire friends to side with them in proving the Volturi that Renesmee was not a newborn child but half-human, half-vampire child that Bella sacrificed her human life for.

• Life of Pi

The most inspiring and dramatic film 2012 has to offer, Life of Pi was originally adapted from Yann Martel's novel. Directed by legendary Ang Lee who brought fame to the acclaimed action movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain, the Life of Pi talks about a young man by the name of Piscine Patel played by Suraj Sharma, who survived a disaster at sea and hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery alone with the company of a Bengal Tiger by the name of Parker. Perhaps the most unforgetable thing in this movie is how Pi rediscovered his life and gave more importance to it after spending 227 days alone with a ferocious tiger in a boat. There he will learn to live and face his fear as he tried to fight for his survival and learn to care for tiger's life as well.

Penguin USA Invites You to Join Them Celebrating Stories With Their Holiday Sale

Penguin USA, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the world, is inviting everyone to join them in celebrating stories this holiday by offering 20% off your purchase with free shopping until January 7, 2013. All you have to do is to use coupon code HOLIDAY12 at their checkout page to enjoy the discount.

Get some of Penguin's Young Readers Best-selling Books at 20% lower than their original price, including:

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green | Price (Hardcover): $17.99 / (Paperback): $ 9.99

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

• Reached by Ally Condie | Price (Hardcover): $ 17.99 / (Paperback): $ 9.99

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion.

With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

Barnes & Noble Best eBooks Year-End Sale

Barnes & Noble, your premier destination for books, magazines, toys & games, music, DVD and Blu-ray, has something up in their sleeves to offer eBook readers and NOOK owners this holidays. Being the Internet's Largest Bookstore, Barnes & Noble is giving every NOOK eBook lovers up to 75% off the best eBooks of the year.

Sounds to good to be true? Well, it is true and this promo lasts until January 07, 2013. So what are you waiting for? If you happen to own a NOOK and would want to enjoy the holidays lounging in your sofa bed, tucked in a warm comforter with a mug of hot chocolate with melted marshmallows near hand, while reading eBooks then grab all best eBooks this year to keep you company.

So what are some books they have to offer? Here are few of the best-selling YA novels (Top Matches) you can choose from thousands:

• Beastly by Alex Flinn | NOOK eBook - $ 1.99

I am a beast.

A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly... beastly.

• Delirium: The Special Edition by Lauren Oliver | NOOK eBook - $ 2.99

Ninety-five days, and then I’ll be safe.

I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It’s hard to be patient. It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness.

The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.

The New York Times Best-Selling YA Novels of 2012 (Part 3)

• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein | Amazon Price - $ 11.55

I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do.

That’s what you do to enemy agents. It’s what we do to enemy agents. But I look at all the dark and twisted roads ahead and cooperation is the easy way out. Possibly the only way out for a girl caught red-handed doing dirty work like mine — and I will do anything, anything, to avoid SS-Hauptsturmführer von Linden interrogating me again.

He has said that I can have as much paper as I need. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. And I’m going to. But the story of how I came to be here starts with my friend Maddie. She is the pilot who flew me into France — an Allied Invasion of Two.

We are a sensational team.

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher | Amazon Price - $ 6.49

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.

Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs | Amazon Price - $ 11.64

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather - were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive.

The New York Times Best-Selling YA Novels of 2012 (Part 2)

• Insurgent (Divergent Book 2) by Veronica Roth | Amazon Price - $ 13.59

One choice can transform you--or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable--and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | Amazon Price - $ 7.70

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....

Narrated by Death, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever they are to be found.

With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids, as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

• Lauren Conrad Beauty by Lauren Conrad | Amazon Price - $ 14.95

Whether she's in front of the camera or behind the scenes, style icon Lauren Conrad has spent years learning from the pros and perfecting her look, and now she's sharing all her beauty secrets.

In her first guide dedicated exclusively to beauty, Lauren covers everything you need to know to maximize your own beauty potential. From tips for creating a strong foundation and maintaining healthy skin and hair through diet, exercise, and all-around wellness to everyday makeup techniques and tricks of the trade for special-occasion looks, "Lauren Conrad Beauty" provides the advice you've been waiting for. Lauren's personal anecdotes and illustrated step-by-step lessons for makeup, hair, and nails will have you looking great for day or night.

The New York Times Best-Selling YA Novels of 2012

When it comes to book hunting, one must not deny that we're all sucker for picking up one that has the "New York Times Best-Seller" phrase printed in its cover. Who doesn't? The New York Times had always help us finding the "great ones" among the thousands of books published every year. And since 2012 is almost at its end, we're going to give you New York Times best-selling YA novels as of this year. Find out if you already read them all? And if not, what are you waiting for? Try and find out why they made it on the list.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky | Amazon Price - $ 8.22

Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. 

Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix-tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. 

But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green | Amazon Price - $ 10.26

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumors in her lungs... for now. 

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumors tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. 

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

Dystopia - The Fictional Society Built in Destruction

While everyone is fussing about the Apocalypse or Doomsday about to happen (as they say) this December 21, I couldn't just literally hate the idea of it all. Why? Simply because if these false prophecies didn't exist, I couldn't imagine how my reading life would be without dystopian novels. From YA best-selling novels The Hunger Games, Julianna Baggott's The Pure, Shatter Me, Matched and The Giver, all fall under the same setting, dystopia.

But what is dystopia in the first place? Dystopia, or the word itself, literally came from two Ancient Greek words: δυσ-, "bad, hard", and  τόπος, "place, landscape". According to Wikipedia, "it can alternatively be called cacotopia or anti-utopia." It is the counterpart of utopia, wherein instead of the community being built into a desirable atmosphere, the dystopia is a community or society that is built in an undesirable and frightening setting.

The term was originally coined by Thomas More in the book he wrote in 1516. The first known use of the word itself, recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary, was during the speech given by John Stuart Mill in the year 1968 as he described the Irish government land policy:

Best Dystopian Novels (Part 2)

• The Host by Stephenie Meyer | Amazon Price (Paperback) - $ 11.55

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, The Host is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld | Amazon Price (Paperback) - $ 9.99

Tally Youngblood is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait for the operation that turns everyone from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to party. But new friend Shay would rather hoverboard to "the Smoke" and be free. Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The "Special Circumstances" authority Dr Cable offers Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Best Dystopian Novels

With all the 12/21/2012 apocalypse scare being so damned popular over the internet and media, especially now that the "presumed Doomsday" will happen Friday of this week, why not join in with the whole fuss and put off a top ten list of the best and most popular dystopian novels in the YA fiction world today. Besides, I wouldn't forgive myself if I miss the chance of writing it down here--whether there is an Apocalypse on the way or not.

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | Amazon Price (Paperback/Kindle) - $ 3.99

Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

• Pure (The Pure Trilogy) by Julianna Baggott | Amazon Price (Paperback) - $9.99

We know you are here, our brothers and sisters...

Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.

Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash...

There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her. 

When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Reviews from the Critics

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had finally hit the screen. Perhaps considered to be one of the most awaited films in 2012 aside from Twilight's Breaking Dawn Finale, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was expected to become a box office hit and presently, it already gained a total of $94,525,000 since its release. From the Director of the Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage, the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is an epic fantasy film adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo will cross path with Gollum, the stoor hobbit corrupted with the power of The Ring.

The movie is currently at 65% on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer and has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10: "Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth is an earnest, visually resplendent trip, but the film's deliberate pace robs the material of some of its majesty."

Guardian UK's Phillip French, on the other hand, noted in his review Martin Freeman's portrayal as Bilbo Baggins, saying: "Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth is an earnest, visually resplendent trip, but the film's deliberate pace robs the material of some of its majesty."

Meet the Characters of The Hobbit (Part 2)

• Gandalf the Grey, Gandalf the White - who actually doesn't have much to orchestrate in The Hobbit. He is a Maiar and becomes one of Bilbo's closest friends at the climax. During Bilbo's adventure, he spends much of his time at the White Council where he learns from his fellow Maiar Saruman that the One Ring presumably was washed down to Belegaer. He later returns to save the Elves, Men, Dwarves and Bilbo from destruction at the Battle of Five Armies.

• Gloin - Of all the members in The Company of Dwarves who set out on the Quest to The Lonely Mountain, Gloin is the most outspoken and opinionated and is not afraid to challenge authority. He has a tendency to be quick-tempered, but he is also strong, brave and loyal. Gloin is one of the only married Dwarves in the Company (there being a shortage of female Dwarves in general). His wife is an acclaimed beauty with a particularly fine beard. Gloin is also the proud father of a young son, Gimli, who will later grow up to become part of the famous Fellowship of the Ring.

• Gollum -  an ugly subterranean creature who Bilbo meets in the Misty Mountains, and one of the key antagonists of The Hobbit. Once a Hobbit, he seized the One Ring after murdering his friend Deagol in order to obtain it and then fled into the Misty Mountains after departing the perils of Wilderland.

• Kili - Younger brother to Fili, Kili is a loyal nephew to Thorin Oakenshield. Carefree and somewhat reckless, Kili has led a charmed and untroubled life to this point. Handsome and physically able, Kili possesses the invincible courage of youth. He is a skilled fighter and expert archer, having been trained with weapons from an early age. As one of the youngest in The Company of Dwarves, Kili is determined to make his mark and prove his worth.

Meet the Characters of the Hobbit (With Characters Official Movie Posters)

The final day of our long wait has finally arrived because tomorrow we will finally see The Hobbit in the big screen and witness how Director Peter Jackson has maneuvered to bring life to its pages. But before that, I decided to create an entire post about The Hobbit's main characters including their official movie posters to further your excitement. How precious!

• Bilbo Baggins -  is a Hobbit, and the main protagonist in The Hobbit; he was hired by Thorin and Company to be their guide on the Quest of Erebor, and he fought in the Battle of the Five Armies. He was also one of the bearers of the One Ring, and the first to voluntarily give it up to Gandalf, though with some difficulty.

• Balin - A descendant of nobility and a Dwarf Lord in his own right, Balin is one of the oldest members of The Company of Dwarves. Wise and gentle by nature, he has been forced to live a life fraught with war and the ongoing struggle for survival. Related to Thorin Oakenshield, Balin is one of his closest, most trusted advisers – but deep in his heart, this wisest and most loyal of Dwarves harbors troubling doubts about the wisdom of the Quest for the Lonely Mountain.

• Bifur - Born in the West, Bifur has the rusting remains of an Orc axe embedded in his forehead, which has rendered him inarticulate and occasionally feisty! He communicates only with grunts and hand gestures. Unlike most of the others in The Company of Dwarves, Bifur is not related to Thorin, nor is he of noble lineage, but rather is descended from miners and smithies – simple folk with simple tastes.

• Bofur - Endearing and likeable, Bofur has a disastrous tendency to state the obvious and blurt out things without thinking. With a love of music and a fine singing voice, Bofur delights in good food and good company and is unfailingly optimistic. Though not especially brave, he will do his best to help those in need, especially those he counts as friends. Along with his brother Bombur and his cousin Bifur, Bofur joined the Quest for the Lonely Mountain partly to seek his fortune – and partly because he was told the beer was free.

• Bombur - Brother to Bofur and cousin to Bifur, Bombur is the chief cook amongst The Company of Dwarves. His immense size and voracious appetite causes frequent problems – and laughter – for himself and The Traveling Party. Despite his size he can be surprisingly effective as a fighter – and woe betide anyone who makes him late for dinner!

The Man Behind Gollum Speaks Up About The Hobbit

Although many of us have favored with the members of the Fellowship like the courageous Frodo, the noble Aragorn or the stealthy Legolas, we couldn't deny the fact how Gollum, the gnome gave us the same level of interest as we have for these characters. First introduced originally in novel The Hobbit, Gollum was said to be a stoor hobbit named Smeagol that was corrupted by the One Ring and called it "my precious". And though depicted as a villain in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic stories about Middle-Earth, we will always see him as a deeper character who was torn between his lust to have the Ring and his desire to be free of its spell.

And of course, who wouldn't forget his appearance in the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings back in 2001 in the Fellowship of the Ring. It was terrifying and I bet there are a lot of kids back then who were damn scared about this gnome-looking creature, an impact that was made through Andy Serkins, the man behind Gollum's creepy intonations and will come back to the big screen to reprise his role for the film adaptation of The Hobbit.