You're right, The Hobbit isn't Lord of the Rings. Making 3 movies for a 1,359 page trilogy is acceptable; doing so for Tolkien's earlier work of 287 pages is not. It's essentially turned into a Star Wars franchise now...so in regard to that we can at least say this movie is hopefully better than The Phantom Menace, but it's not like that movie exactly set the bar very high. It would take real effort for that.They cut out some of the best parts in LotR, such as Tom Bombadil and the Scourging of the Shire. They edited the book to the movie. Now they're trying to expand on ideas that were already there. Plus, The Hobbit was very much a story based book, while LotR went into unending detail about everything. There was a lot of fat that was easy to trim from LotR, and some muscle that they cut out too. With The Hobbit, they've been given a gold mine to work with and they want to use it all. I was skeptical, but after this first movie, I have full faith in the series.
Also wasn't thrilled when Jackson took directing reins over from Guillermo del Toro...I'm convinced he could have done an infinitely better job. Pretty ironic though...very Gollum-esque to say the least.
You're right, The Hobbit isn't Lord of the Rings. Making 3 movies for a 1,359 page trilogy is acceptable; doing so for Tolkien's earlier work of 287 pages is not. It's essentially turned into a Star Wars franchise now...so in regard to that we can at least say this movie is hopefully better than The Phantom Menace, but it's not like that movie exactly set the bar very high. It would take real effort for that.I agree even with the added stuff from the Unfinished Tales Peter Jackson has to be making up ALOT of stuff just to flesh out these three movies. If any one has read the Unfinished Tales the stories that Jackson is using are no more then a few pages in length each and arent actual stories :/ they are unfinished after all ::)
Also wasn't thrilled when Jackson took directing reins over from Guillermo del Toro...I'm convinced he could have done an infinitely better job. Pretty ironic though...very Gollum-esque to say the least.
The Battle of Five Armies and taking down The Necromancer will take a considerably long time and will be the majority of the third movie.
What some may not know is that they are using stuff from Unfishished Tales to flesh the story out more. I read the book and you have gandalf going in and out of it. That is one thing they expand on such as his visit to the White Council that includes Galadriel and Saruman.Really? Unfinished Tales? Wow, that's cool! I thought that was one of the exclusive rights from the Tolkien estate though.
My movie going thing is if the critics hate and people like go. If critics like and people hate don't go. If both like it than it is a must go.
You're right, The Hobbit isn't Lord of the Rings. Making 3 movies for a 1,359 page trilogy is acceptable; doing so for Tolkien's earlier work of 287 pages is not.
It's essentially turned into a Star Wars franchise now...so in regard to that we can at least say this movie is hopefully better than The Phantom Menace, but it's not like that movie exactly set the bar very high. It would take real effort for that.
Also wasn't thrilled when Jackson took directing reins over from Guillermo del Toro...I'm convinced he could have done an infinitely better job.
Pretty ironic though...very Gollum-esque to say the least.
LotR is a bore to me. The trilogy is summed up by walking. Walk some more. Drop some jewelry in a volcano. Fin.
Also, just throwing this out there:LotR is a bore to me. The trilogy is summed up by walking. Walk some more. Drop some jewelry in a volcano. Fin.
I hear the 3D version makes people feel sick because of the camera angles, it's like being on a roller coaster ride for 2 hours or something like that lol. They might as well give you a barf bag, "Thank you and enjoy the show" hahaha! Anyways, I don't know how true that is, but from the angles the news showed, I can see how that would happen. Im not a huge fan of 3D anyways. Thanks for the review though!Somebody saying "angles" on the forum and actually meaning angles? :o
3D is a problem when you already wear glasses...
I'm thrilled that 3D is turning out to be just a fad.On that note, is HFR here to stay?
When people think of 3D, they are still stuck in the past of having things thrown at you instead of just adding depth to the movie. Now, it's more like the movie is on a stage instead of a flat screen (so nothing is thrown at you during the production).
I just watched it about a week ago in Africa! There isn't even a movie theater were I was!!!
How this worked was: There is a missionary family called the acksons who have a move and pizza night every Friday (pizza is a rarely served treat in Bamenda, Cameroon). One night we watched The Hobbit. MR. Jackson got this movie when a DVD showed up at his front door. It was a copy they ship to certain people so that those certain people can preview it before it comes out. Whoever got this copy scrubbed out his name from the whole thing and just left it a mystery.
I just watched it about a week ago in Africa! There isn't even a movie theater were I was!!!
How this worked was: There is a missionary family called the acksons who have a move and pizza night every Friday (pizza is a rarely served treat in Bamenda, Cameroon). One night we watched The Hobbit. MR. Jackson got this movie when a DVD showed up at his front door. It was a copy they ship to certain people so that those certain people can preview it before it comes out. Whoever got this copy scrubbed out his name from the whole thing and just left it a mystery.
This would be a DVD screener. Same thing I watched.