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I haven't seen the Hobbit yet, but I disagree with Tolkien's son. The films of the Lord of the Rings were completely appropriate, as those novels are basically the telling of a war along with a hero's quest. Those are both very appropriate for an "action" type movie.
However, I can see his criticism of the Hobbit being valid, as the hobbit is more of a coming-of-age/quest novel. I think that Jackson is trying to transform the source material into more of an action/war movie in the same vein as LOTR, and I can see that causing problems and contradicting the "feel" of the novel.
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I feel so sorry for those poor gazillionaires.
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01-11-2013, 11:14 PM | #4 |
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Been playing the **** out of LOTRO. Don't act like you aren't jealous of my level 40 Champion.
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01-12-2013, 01:30 AM | #6 |
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You're playing this but you didn't play SWTOR? How comes?
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01-12-2013, 06:18 AM | #7 |
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I have a SWTOR character. Forget how far I got but didn't have time to play it anymore.
Might pick it up again at some point. Story was interesting. LOTRO holds my interest better because of the lore and setting. Turbine just did an incredible job making a huge, interesting world.
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01-12-2013, 02:34 PM | #8 |
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Finally saw this last night. I thought it was good overall, but I don't really get why they decided to make so much stuff up that wasn't in the books. I would have preferred they just make one movie out of the book rather than add a bunch of bullshit and turn it into three. Oh well.
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And hardcore LOTR nerds want to see it anyway. Most of that stuff is referenced in the appendices.
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01-23-2013, 05:44 PM | #11 |
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So true.
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02-26-2013, 08:07 PM | #13 |
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Can't wait for the next one! When's the first Hobbit come out on Blu-ray?
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