That's all fine but I'm glad Jackson doesn't agree. Thankfully he has a bit more respect for the source material both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I'm not trying to be rude but I want my Tolkien to still have the same heart as the source material. It doesn't have to follow every last word but I want it to feel the same. Doing what you suggest no longer makes it The Hobbit. Sorry.
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^ same. The tone is what worked for me.
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It was goofy, and not dour and dull.
People are still rating this 1 and 2 out of 10. If they think it's that bad, I have to wonder what they think is good. Saying it's the worst is just unbelieveable to me. Even some of the movies that people think are horrible that I've seen, like the last Indy movie, I wouldn't rate a 1 or 2. If I knew enough about it to want to spend money on it, then there's no way I would rate that low. I've said it before, I didn't like Jack Black's Gulliver's Travels very much, but I wouldn't rate it a 1. I can't even think of a movie that I went to the theater to see that I'd give a 1 to.
I give it 9/10. I absolutely adored every minute of it. It still had it's faults but wtf at anyone who's said anything along the lines of PJ's heart not being in it. This movie was full of heart. The attention to detail was all there, maybe even stronger than the LotR films.
Wouldn't let it bother ya, i expected a few trolls when i made the poll. (and that's all it is a few)
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4/10
Im a Tolkien fan because of the books. LoTR seemed a solid series to me simply because putting the source material into the cinematic medium and making it work, specially I was impressed how they managed to actually make The Two Towers work.... But with the Hobbit, I just feel PJ is stretching it too far.
1. It doesnt feel as 'organic' as the LOTR, the CGI rendered goblins/Wargs or the HFR.
2. In LOTR he chopped off the right bits of the book like Tom Bombadil and all which made it work, here to stretch things he ADDS characters like Azog and all which I feel really does nothing.
3. The HFR really made the movie feel like a HD BBC Telefilm in wierd way, I cant really explain but you guys will understand what Im trying to say.
The Best Part of the Film?
The Riddles in the Dark part... Gollum redeems every bit of the film. The patheticness of his character Im sure managed to invoke pity from the audience. The sequence really proves how great some of the source material from the film could be like
A lot of sequences specially Radagast and all was not a part of the source, events were remade, but I can see the only reason for that was to extend the film. It did nothing more. Im sure those who are fans of the 'film franchise' because of the films - which may have been their introduction to the world of Tolkien can maybe be delighted by this, but no it didnt work for me personally as my mind was constantly shuttling back to what I had read 10 or so years back.
The movie didnt match upto my expectations which were pretty low ever since I got to know it was going to be made a trilogy. It just doesnt seem to have the 'heart' as such. Something like TDKR, only TDKR was the ending of a trilogy. To best sum it up can be Tolkien's own words...
The Reviewer at The Daily Telegraph summed up EXACTLY my feelings about the film
Im a Tolkien fan because of the books. LoTR seemed a solid series to me simply because putting the source material into the cinematic medium and making it work, specially I was impressed how they managed to actually make The Two Towers work.... But with the Hobbit, I just feel PJ is stretching it too far.
1. It doesnt feel as 'organic' as the LOTR, the CGI rendered goblins/Wargs or the HFR.
2. In LOTR he chopped off the right bits of the book like Tom Bombadil and all which made it work, here to stretch things he ADDS characters like Azog and all which I feel really does nothing.
3. The HFR really made the movie feel like a HD BBC Telefilm in wierd way, I cant really explain but you guys will understand what Im trying to say.
The Best Part of the Film?
The Riddles in the Dark part... Gollum redeems every bit of the film. The patheticness of his character Im sure managed to invoke pity from the audience. The sequence really proves how great some of the source material from the film could be like
A lot of sequences specially Radagast and all was not a part of the source, events were remade, but I can see the only reason for that was to extend the film. It did nothing more. Im sure those who are fans of the 'film franchise' because of the films - which may have been their introduction to the world of Tolkien can maybe be delighted by this, but no it didnt work for me personally as my mind was constantly shuttling back to what I had read 10 or so years back.
The movie didnt match upto my expectations which were pretty low ever since I got to know it was going to be made a trilogy. It just doesnt seem to have the 'heart' as such. Something like TDKR, only TDKR was the ending of a trilogy. To best sum it up can be Tolkien's own words...
The Reviewer at The Daily Telegraph summed up EXACTLY my feelings about the film
Not bad. I'd like to see it higher but even within just the Tolkien fanbase The Hobbit is like what we see. Varying shades of like basically. Mostly due to it being simply written in every aspect compared to The Lord of the Rings. So in the end I was hoping things would be a little different but the movie is following the same path. Though I do think the next two will be liked more as things get more "mature" and a bit more action.
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It's closer to 85 to 90% if those 1's and 2's didnt exist...I will never understand those...
That makes 2 of us.
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Average rating of 7.7 in this thread. Seems about par with my personal score.
K07
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I'd rate Avatar as a 1/10. That's my personal opinion and I know a lot of people who thought I was crazy (some still love it and still think I'm crazy).
I get the disappointment people felt in this just as I can understand the disappointment felt in TDKR. It didn't match their expectations. The tone was different. I personally loved the lighter tone. My only worry is making this a trilogy will drag it out too much. If it had the depth and seriousness of LotR, obviously longer is better. But this one feels like it could be done in one movie with its lighter tone with over the top action and goofy humor.
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Remove the 1s and 2s its now beyond 8...For me the guys who put those scores down are like Difabio in regards to TDKR...something is wrong with that picture IMHO
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1/10 for Avatar?...It must have struck a real nerve to acquire that score...but everyone is different so...But expectations plays a big part in film experience. Sometimes it decides the film experience even before viewing it because one's expectations already decided what the film should be like...IMHO...I guess if the next Star Wars film is not like EP 5 TESB it'll be crap to some...The only thing I expected going into this film was to see Middle Earth....and I got plenty of that!
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My expectation was what worried me the most. Even as the movie was starting I was thinking, "God, I hope I haven't built this up too much." Thankfully outside of a few moments all I've invested as a fan if Tolkien and Jackson was paid off in full. He balanced the fun nature of The Hobbit with the right amount of "maturity" found in The Lord of the Rings. So much like the book it felt similar but different.
Eli said his was a BS vote.
I'm sorry but neither TDKR nor Avatar deserve a 1/10 vote. I wouldn't even vote Star Wars Ep 1-3 that and I wouldn't care if I ever saw them again. People who vote like that shouldn't even go to movies.
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