 December 14, 2012 - 11:35pm | I read a bunch of reviews that were critical of the Hobbit, the unexpected journey and now that I saw it I think some of the criticism is just people looking for something to gripe about. For instance, one reviewer pissed over the fact that there are no women in the movie and yet Peter Jackson worked Galadriel into the story. there has been some pissing about it being a thin childrens book and Peter Jackson bloated it by spreading it into 3 movies. That complaint is to be expected by the cynical. However, the Hobbit was not so thin a childrens book and ther was much to the story that was left untold concerning the "necromancer" and Gandolfs mission to southern Mirkwood to deal with him. Peter Jackson has decided to tell the untold bits of the story. As a long time lover of Tolkien's literature I would have settled for just the Hobbit as it was published without the parts of the story I knew about but are not the Classic Hobbit. However, I'm really glad that we are going to get the whole story. I doubt there is any bloat anywhere in the story except on the Great Goblin who was quite bloated. Pros for the Hobbit: Its quite funny. Actually, down right funny at times and much of that is actually the skill of the actor playing Bilbo as quite a bit of the humor is in his facial expressions. Action sequences are quite stunning and the landscapes are stunning. Visually its, its, its... can I use stunning again? BTW I did not see it in 3D, because I just didn't want to. However, I suspect that the goblin caves running fight is really cool in 3D- I had that thought while actually watching it. The script differs from the book in some ways that people will notice. Mainly the same stuff happens but sometimes its not the character that Tolkien wrote doing it. the scene with Bilbo and Gollum is just WOW! I think the script is pretty tight and well written and I suspect that Tolkien would approve. However, I'm wondering if the action and violence is too much for my kids. Which is a problem since I Promised we would go to see it when it came out. I simply audited the movie first because I know we will have 5 or more trips to the bathroom during the movie, which is frustrating for me. Jedion give a thumbs up. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
December 30, 2012 - 5:52pm | Actually I think the story ark with Asoka the Defiler and Thorin Oakenshield which is not there in the original is pretty cool and that it adds to the story. Love the scene in flashback where Thorin gets the name Oakenshield and you see the dwarf on the battle field with the Mohawk- I loved that dwarf. Clearly this story arc will play out to a conclusion in the third movie. Finally call it bloat or whatever but when I buy the 3 DVD set of the Hobbit I'll get some relief from constant replaying of my daughter's recital video, Tinkerbell videos and a slew of Disney Princess stuff. The fact that it will take hours and hours for them to watch them is just bonus for me. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 December 30, 2012 - 5:55pm | Movie doesn't matter. We must have singing Orcs. What will the world be without singing Orcs? Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
 December 30, 2012 - 6:02pm | Actually I think the story ark with Asoka the Defiler and Thorin Oakenshield which is not there in the original is pretty cool and that it adds to the story. Love the scene in flashback where Thorin gets the name Oakenshield and you see the dwarf on the battle field with the Mohawk- I loved that dwarf. Clearly this story arc will play out to a conclusion in the third movie. Finally call it bloat or whatever but when I buy the 3 DVD set of the Hobbit I'll get some relief from constant replaying of my daughter's recital video, Tinkerbell videos and a slew of Disney Princess stuff. The fact that it will take hours and hours for them to watch them is just bonus for me. The Hobbit was written from Bilbo's perspective. In the book we see mostly only what Bilbo sees. The Defiler was an interesting story bit, but I don't think it was needed. Good writing is about what is necessary to the plot and consistent with the story. The story, even in the movie, is clearly taken from Bilbo's book, thus the name of the movie. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
December 30, 2012 - 6:01pm | Movie doesn't matter. We must have singing Orcs. What will the world be without singing Orcs?
Go back to the bottom of the first page here and see my response. You seem to have missed it. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
December 30, 2012 - 6:04pm | @Ascent apparently you are taking my singing Orc comment seriously. Which I am not. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
December 30, 2012 - 6:06pm | Oh, irrelevant mockery. I see. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
December 30, 2012 - 6:15pm | Play Nice boys, I detect the spirit of Will the STampede... I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 January 29, 2013 - 2:00am | Well I finally went and saw the Hobbit. My 16yr old daughter and I had a father daughter date last weekend. We both liked it. she thought it was great. She had read the book and made a report on it last school year, so she really liked it and she actually loved some of the changes. I liked the movie for what it was. I see how they are setting things up for the Gandalf story line and that was OK. I still think the cartoon was dead on with the book, but for an update this was good. I thought that the dwarf singing was actually a good way to bring the song from the book onto the big screen. Overall a good movie IMHO. |
