The Hobbit Film Discussion.

Just saw the "interview" Stephen Colbert did with Smaug. It was very well done, but more importantly to me was the first time I have seen this new take on the classic character. Looks good and excellent choice for the voice.

 

I wanted to watch the first film last week but couldn't find it in Redbox. I would prefer to see it on the big cinema screen for a proper introduction to this expanded take that somehow pulls a huge battle out of a much thinner literary source (yes I realise they had the LOTR and the other material Tolkien wrote to reference).

 

I saw this on Friday. I am not sure how I felt. I am partly convinced that better special effects take away from story telling. The girl elf added nothing to the original story. Nor Legolas' dad telling him to go search for X at the end did not make any sense!

 

I read the Hobbit a few years ago before they had announced they were making a movie. I even read part of the book at the Shire in Matamata, New Zealand. But, I was happy with how the movies came out. It will be interesting to see if they try to create a new story or do a spin-off of some part in the next few years.

 

Unless Christopher Tolkien and the rest of the family change their minds, and that seems unlikely, there will be no sequels, prequels, or otherwise.

 

I have really enjoyed, the Hobbit trilogy, also of coarse The Lord of the Rings. all of them are worth the money at least once.

 

I found that I could understand more of the details in the story when watching it a second time.

 

The film is off to an uninspiring start, hopefully it gets better. Going with the flashback thing makes sense.
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Having The Doctor in this movie as a wizard was an excellent choice.

 

Alrighty, a quick review.
Not bad but too long. Too many battle/fighting scenes and too much padding (or "foreshadowing" in some cases if you prefer). 30-40 minutes less would have been better. The version I saw was 2 hours, 49 minutes; no idea if that was the theatrical or director's cut.
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Good advice, I still think the first film fails on a few levels as a grand fantasy.

 

I enjoyed the the Hobbit trilogy far more then the Lord of the Rings. Not that I didn't like LofR, I just thought the movies dragged in to many places, They tried to so are for the drama instead of just letting the story flow like it should. There's not much of the in the Hobbit, the drama doesn't hit you like a hammer but is woven easily into the story. Although I thought 5 armies was a bit of a let down. still good, just not as grand as the book.