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#1 Dec 11 2013 at 5:41 AM Rating: Sub-Default
Whose Ready To Watch The Hobbit Part 2?

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amazing Michael Shannon in the lead this is simply a film I had to OWN. This



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#2 Dec 11 2013 at 7:59 AM Rating: Good
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#3 Dec 11 2013 at 8:15 AM Rating: Good
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I haven't even seen part 1 yet...
#4 Dec 11 2013 at 8:22 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
I haven't even seen part 1 yet...


Good. Don't.
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#5 Dec 11 2013 at 8:24 AM Rating: Good
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amazing Michael Shannon in the lead this is simply a film I had to OWN.


Yeah, no, Michael Shannon isn't in the movie. He's definitely not the lead. Also, you can't buy it yet...
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#6 Dec 11 2013 at 8:35 AM Rating: Good
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Also, you can't buy it yet...
If it's a staggered release then you technically can.
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#7 Dec 11 2013 at 8:54 AM Rating: Good
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Iamadam wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
I haven't even seen part 1 yet...


Good. Don't.
Why? I was planning to watch it at some point as I really like the LotR movies.
#8 Dec 11 2013 at 9:39 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
I haven't even seen part 1 yet...


Good. Don't.
Why? I was planning to watch it at some point as I really like the LotR movies.


Let's just say they took some liberties to extend a tiny book into 3 full length movies.
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#9 Dec 11 2013 at 10:28 AM Rating: Excellent
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Why must everything be a trilogy?
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#10 Dec 11 2013 at 10:31 AM Rating: Good
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Let's just say they took some liberties to extend a tiny book into 3 full length movies.

Dismiss this notion from your head.

It's a trilogy of movies about an epic fantasy story of war and dragons set in Tolkien's middle earth, directed by Peter Jackson, with lots of cool special effects and many dwarfs. How could it not be enjoyable?

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#11 Dec 11 2013 at 10:34 AM Rating: Good
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Why must everything be a trilogy?

It needs a start a middle and a finish, it's too long for a single, three is a nice agreeable quantity for things to come it.
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#12 Dec 11 2013 at 10:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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Why must everything be a trilogy?

It needs a start a middle and a finish, it's too long for a single, three is a nice agreeable quantity for things to come it.
Bad things come in threes.
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#13 Dec 11 2013 at 10:46 AM Rating: Good
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Wait, it's going to be 3 movies? I thought it was 2.
#14 Dec 11 2013 at 10:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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I have no idea, I'm just going off of what was written here.
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#15 Dec 11 2013 at 10:58 AM Rating: Good
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3 movies seems like a mighty stretch for a book that was shorter than any one of the LotR books.
#16 Dec 11 2013 at 11:26 AM Rating: Good
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They definitely take some liberties to stretch it out but I enjoyed the first movie. I mean, if you're looking for a faithful adaptation, don't bother watching it, but I thought it was worth the time and money to see it. I was entertained.

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#17 Dec 11 2013 at 11:33 AM Rating: Good
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The LotR movies weren't a particularly faithful adaptation either although they did do the books justice. I'm just having some trouble imagining how The Hobbit could be stretched into 3 movies when it has maybe a quarter of the content that LotR has.
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They definitely take some liberties to stretch it out but I enjoyed the first movie. I mean, if you're looking for a faithful adaptation, don't bother watching it, but I thought it was worth the time and money to see it. I was entertained.


Faithful adaption of the book by itself? Correct, it's not. Faithful adaption of the story in the book, plus all the surrounding stuff fleshed out in later books/appendixes, with a specific aim at providing a direct lead in to the existing LotR trilogy? It absolutely is. Ok. To be fair, Jackson has added some details that weren't in the original sources, but I haven't seen anything so far that contradicts or goes off the original storyline.

It's going to end out being a less direct translation than LotR was, but as some have already pointed out, you're going from one shortish book to a trilogy. That's a lot of extras. Honestly though, I like the direction they're going with this. They could have just told the story of the Hobbit, but that would have meant leaving out a whole hell of a lot of other stuff that would never be put into a film by itself. I mean, it's unlikely anyone will sign off on an "Adventures of young Aragorn" film dedicated to all the backstory bits that occur during/between the events in the Hobbit and the LotR. And that's about the only other ways you'd get all the stuff about the Necromancer and other plots surrounding the return of Sauron and the rise of Mordor which ultimately lead us up to where we are in LotR.
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#19 Dec 11 2013 at 4:59 PM Rating: Good
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TL;DR - If you enjoyed The Lord of the Rings, you'll probably also enjoy The Hobbit. It's more of the same stuff.
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#20 Dec 11 2013 at 6:18 PM Rating: Good
I can't wait, but I'm not doing crazy late night shiz. I'll probably go see it Saturday, and that is a maybe... I'm broke -.-
Can't wait to see how Legolos fits in it >.> and the continuation of the White Orc <.<
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#21 Dec 11 2013 at 6:54 PM Rating: Good
I'd rather watch 3 decent renditions of The Hobbit than 7+ craptacular installments of Harry Potter
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There are no Harry Potter movies.
#23 Dec 11 2013 at 9:52 PM Rating: Good
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someproteinguy wrote:
Why must everything be a trilogy?
Because $30 is more than $10.
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#24 Dec 12 2013 at 2:37 AM Rating: Good
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Iamadam wrote:
Let's just say they took some liberties to extend a tiny book into 3 full length movies.

Dismiss this notion from your head.

It's a trilogy of movies about an epic fantasy story of war and dragons set in Tolkien's middle earth, directed by Peter Jackson, with lots of cool special effects and many dwarfs. How could it not be enjoyable?


Well, it managed.
#25 Dec 12 2013 at 4:40 AM Rating: Good
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There are no Harry Potter movies.


They should do a reboot with Chris Columbus directing ALL of them. The first two movies are the best ones, but they could do with a new Harry Potter and Hermione. Can't act to save their lives.
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#26 Dec 12 2013 at 5:08 AM Rating: Good
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I've only seen about half of the second movie and that was terrible already, if it gets worse after that I don't know why people kept watching.
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