The Hobbit

[Geekyfanboy]

Maybe for you but not for me!

I'm with you Bryan.. I think there is enough in the appendices to plenty of movies

[ChrisMC]

Maybe for you but not for me!

I'm with you Bryan.. I think there is enough in the appendices to plenty of movies

Agreed, as long as they are good movies I'm happy to eat 'em all up!

[Bryancd]

Well, I loved The Unexpected Journey and I think in general it was very well received by most fans. So to simply say 3 movies is too many to make them quality is a bit premature...at best.

[Jobydrone]

I still can't get over that this small book is three films.  I really think two would have made the overall experience more exciting.

Rico are you nuts opening up this can of worms again?!?!  ;) ;)

I've come to terms with it...it is what it is, not "The Hobbit" I've loved almost my whole life, but rather something new and different, told over three films and it's just called The Hobbit. It's still pretty darn great!

[Geekyfanboy]

I still can't get over that this small book is three films.  I really think two would have made the overall experience more exciting.

Rico are you nuts opening up this can of worms again?!?!  ;) ;)

I've come to terms with it...it is what it is, not "The Hobbit" I've loved almost my whole life, but rather something new and different, told over three films and it's just called The Hobbit. It's still pretty darn great!

I still see the Hobbit I grew up with an loved.. just an extended Peter Jackson version :)

[Jobydrone]

I agree as well, it's like watching the extended directors cuts on a huge screen which is totally cool. It's every element from the book and so much more. It's hard to explain and understand...I've loved the book my whole life, in fact it's probably my favorite in the world.

[WillEagle]

I finally got to see this today! I will start off saying I did enjoy the movie and I thought it looked amazing! However I thought the story was a little slow going and took too long to get going. I'm sorry to admit I dozed off a couple of times. That could be because I did work half a day and had an early start. Also the wife made ribs so I was watching on a full stomach. Or maybe it was just a little too slow going.
One of my favorite parts was when the Eagles showed up to help, that was pretty cool. Didn't care much for the Gollum part mainly because I could hardly understand what he said. However there was a major event that took place during that part that was pretty important. It was also driving me nuts on where I had seen the actor playing Thorin. There was an extra on the bluray disk that showed him and Trish found out he had been on that Robin Hood show I have been watching off and on on Netflix. He did a really good job.
I give the movie a 7 out of 10.

[Feathers]

Well, I still haven't seen it which is a bit of a crime on my part really. Hopefully we'll manage to get to see it this week but I'm still disappointed to have missed it on general release.

I'll try and do better for the next one, I promise!

[Praxis]

It felt bloated with campy action to me, but the scenes for An Unexpected Party and Riddles in the Dark were done to perfection and made it all worth it!!! :)
Roast Mutton was so much cooler in the book with Gandalf doing voices, that made me a little sad :(. Alas...

[ElfManDan]

I agree with the campy action feel too, but I see the Hobbit as being a really hard movie to make, cause it's not Lord of the Rings, it's a fun bundle of adventures. The feel of the Hobbit book was never so foreboding and epic like Lord of the Rings, but it's set in the Lord of the Rings world which we already have a feel for from those films as being an epic and mythical world. I think the expectations of what the Hobbit film is is based too much on Lord of the Rings, and that is not what the feel of the Hobbit is. I love the Hobbit, but it's not Lord of the Rings and I don't think it can be.

[WillEagle]

Thats a good way of putting it ElfManDan. Maybe I was thinking too much Lord of the Rings when I shouldn't have.

[ElfManDan]

I think it should be Lord of the Rings to a degree, but the tone of Lord of the Rings is very different than the Hobbit. I had the same sort of reaction first time watching the film.

Personally...
[spoiler]I kinda wish they would have left out all the extra stuff bridging Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit with the Necromancer and Saruman. I think that's where I start to have a little trouble figuring out how to view this film. The tone suddenly tries to be Lord of the Rings again, but it's still the fun adventure of the Hobbit. I love the Hobbit as a book, and I feel it would be better without those darker epic tones.[/spoiler]

So that's the point of view I take on it. I enjoy the Hobbit as it's own adventure with a different tone. Frodo says it best when he tells Bilbo "But my own adventure turned out to be quite different." I think these two stories can work together as in the world of Lord of the Rings, but they are very different kinds of stories.

[Bromptonboy]

The Hobbit and MGM
Posted: 18 May 2013 01:53 PM PDT



MGM or Metro Goldwyn Mayer has been around for quite some time already and has given us so many wonderful films to enjoy at home from the ongoing James Bond franchise based on some of the books written by Ian Fleming to the ever comical Tom & Jerry show created by Hanna-Barbera. Unfortunately, due to the recession that crashed much of the economy MGM went into a state of bankruptcy in 2009 and the end of 2010 and often fell into a decline due to poor sales and a lot of budget issues. Fortunately though, the massive popularity of some films in 2010 to 2012 have been able to not only get MGM out of dire straits, but also flourish even though a lot of other companies still seem to be struggling with their own monetary issues. This goes to show that despite the various problems a country may experience, from natural disasters to potential bankruptcy, people will always have the time and money for watching movies. Here are a few of the said movies that have become popular to rent or buy.
First up is Skyfall, the latest installment of the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig. Released sometime in October to November of 2012, the movie presents the same experience with Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, presenting audiences with a grittier version of everyone's favorite British spy who is hot on the trail of a terrorist mastermind seeking to bring the British Empire to its knees. The film features Javier Bardem as its main antagonist with Judi Dench returning to play the role of M. Ralph Fiennes will also appear on the movie as Gareth Mallory, a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee and serves as its Chairman. The film also sheds some light on James Bond's past by showing us where he grew up.
Second would be G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the second installment of the G.I. Joe films. Based on a toy line by Hasbro, the action figures quickly spawned a comic series made by Marvel and a number of TV series produced by DiC and Sunbow. It would take some time however before it would be fully adapted into film and it was only in 2009 that it's first installment, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was released. After the events of the first film and the imprisonment of the ruthless Cobra Commander, it seems that Cobra, the terrorist organization left behind still seems to have a few tricks up its sleeve and has plans to free their beloved commander and bring to fruition a long planned plot.
And of course there's the undisputable The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey which solidly remains at the top of almost every other film out there. Along with the movies mentioned above, An Unexpected Journey managed to gross as much as $179.6 million just last year, a truly astounding record. From the reaction to just the first installment of the planned The Hobbit film trilogy, one can only imagine the kind of reaction audiences will have when Desolation of Smaug, the second installment, rolls about this year in December.
The Hobbit and MGM is a post from: The Hobbit Movie
       

[WillEagle]

Just picked up the paperback book yesterday at a used book store for 50 cents. I thought how could I go wrong at 50 cents. Looks like its a 'revised' version from 1966. I have never read it so I'll have to give it a go pretty soon.

[Praxis]

Just picked up the paperback book yesterday at a used book store for 50 cents. I thought how could I go wrong at 50 cents. Looks like its a 'revised' version from 1966. I have never read it so I'll have to give it a go pretty soon.

Enjoy! :) You'll probably love it.