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It's different

Angharad73
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Jan 28 2013, 9:48pm


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AUJ is very different from the LOTR trilogy. Consider the sources, the books the movies are based on. LOTR is an epic story that is basically about saving the world. The Hobbit takes place on a much smaller scale, and the darves are setting out to recover their property and get their home back, not to save the world from evil. That makes two very different stories to begin with, so of course AUJ and the subsequent movies are not going to be another LOTR. How could they be when the underlying themes of the stories are so different? But that doesn't mean that the Hobbit movies are any worse than the LOTR movies. It's a matter of taste.

And I, for one, love AUJ just as much as I love LOTR. But I see it as a very different type of story. Sure, the movie takes us back to Middle Earth, and there are some familiar characters in it, but it moves at a different pace, there is room for humour (after all, the book is hilarious in places) and it is a 'lighter' story on the whole. There is also room to dwell on individuals more, I think, which I appreciate. There still is room for some big stuff - after all, there's a dragon to defeat, and then there is a big battle at the end, with a lot of tragic death... But until then, I'll just go back to admiring Thorin & Co. toss their marvelous hair about. Because there's room for that too Tongue

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every bit as good as 'rings' andwise Send a private message to andwise Jan 28 2013, 9:03pm
    I disagree MorgolKing Send a private message to MorgolKing Jan 28 2013, 9:13pm
        interesting obervation about the film´s flaws elostirion74 Send a private message to elostirion74 Jan 29 2013, 9:14pm
    I liked it as much as Rings Radagast-Aiwendil Send a private message to Radagast-Aiwendil Jan 28 2013, 9:22pm
    It's a good film, but not on the same level as LOTR for me... jtarkey Send a private message to jtarkey Jan 28 2013, 9:23pm
        Question about aesthetic elostirion74 Send a private message to elostirion74 Jan 29 2013, 9:23pm
            They could have just made the set design more colorfull jtarkey Send a private message to jtarkey Jan 29 2013, 9:47pm
                Wow Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 29 2013, 10:12pm
                    good point... andwise Send a private message to andwise Jan 29 2013, 10:47pm
                        true true Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 29 2013, 11:45pm
                            quite right... andwise Send a private message to andwise Jan 30 2013, 12:05am
                    Wow is right jtarkey Send a private message to jtarkey Jan 30 2013, 12:23am
                        Okay Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 30 2013, 4:50am
                a bit exaggerated, no? elostirion74 Send a private message to elostirion74 Jan 30 2013, 8:50pm
    in the opinion of me, my friends and several gazillion fangirls... swordwhale Send a private message to swordwhale Jan 28 2013, 9:24pm
        I couldn't agree more Eowyn3 Send a private message to Eowyn3 Jan 29 2013, 3:32am
        Can't agree more Súlimë Send a private message to Súlimë Jan 29 2013, 4:54am
            That sums it up nicely! swordwhale Send a private message to swordwhale Jan 29 2013, 8:48pm
    I've truly come to love this movie! Kimtc Send a private message to Kimtc Jan 28 2013, 9:26pm
    It's different Angharad73 Send a private message to Angharad73 Jan 28 2013, 9:48pm
        Almost exactly this, with the exception of the fact that I severely disliked the alterations to AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Jan 29 2013, 2:28am
    There's two more films Rostron2 Send a private message to Rostron2 Jan 28 2013, 9:50pm
    I will probably end up liking The Hobbit more... bborchar Send a private message to bborchar Jan 28 2013, 10:05pm
        Agreed with you... Rostron2 Send a private message to Rostron2 Jan 28 2013, 10:51pm
            Each Heatherleawv Send a private message to Heatherleawv Jan 29 2013, 1:30am
    better, so far than LOTR /// Kirly Send a private message to Kirly Jan 29 2013, 2:31am
    I agree but....... Elessar Send a private message to Elessar Jan 29 2013, 3:09am
        I remember Esmeralda Send a private message to Esmeralda Jan 29 2013, 3:47am
            Agreed Rostron2 Send a private message to Rostron2 Jan 29 2013, 4:29am
                What? You don't consider... bborchar Send a private message to bborchar Jan 29 2013, 4:33am
                    ah yes, glor Send a private message to glor Jan 29 2013, 10:18am
            We have a bingo Elessar Send a private message to Elessar Jan 29 2013, 4:30am
        Exactly. AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Jan 29 2013, 5:03am
            I can roll with that Elessar Send a private message to Elessar Jan 29 2013, 12:07pm
    Some bits as good as, yes. Roheryn Send a private message to Roheryn Jan 29 2013, 8:59am
    I'm going to get alot of hate for this... malickfan Send a private message to malickfan Jan 29 2013, 11:32am
    Are apples as good as oranges? dormouse Send a private message to dormouse Jan 29 2013, 2:04pm
        Hear, hear Loresilme Send a private message to Loresilme Jan 29 2013, 3:20pm
        nicely put Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 29 2013, 3:48pm
        Cop-out Estel78 Send a private message to Estel78 Jan 29 2013, 4:53pm
            This jtarkey Send a private message to jtarkey Jan 29 2013, 8:36pm
            I think Kangi Ska Send a private message to Kangi Ska Jan 29 2013, 8:48pm
                It was...a victim on LOTR's success Rostron2 Send a private message to Rostron2 Jan 29 2013, 9:25pm
                How many Snow White movies have there been since 2003/4? // imin Send a private message to imin Jan 30 2013, 12:54am
                    Too many :) bborchar Send a private message to bborchar Jan 30 2013, 1:19am
                        haha very true! imin Send a private message to imin Jan 30 2013, 1:53am
                            I get to watch the Disney version... bborchar Send a private message to bborchar Jan 30 2013, 2:08am
                                I find the Disney version hilarious. "She's an old witch!. . . AinurOlorin Send a private message to AinurOlorin Jan 30 2013, 2:11am
    I think we have to wait until all 3 films are out Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 29 2013, 3:44pm
    Not as good as the rings imin Send a private message to imin Jan 29 2013, 4:30pm
    interesting thought folks... andwise Send a private message to andwise Jan 29 2013, 4:51pm
        For me there is no 'magic' about LOTR imin Send a private message to imin Jan 29 2013, 5:01pm
            For me there was a magic about FotR... bborchar Send a private message to bborchar Jan 29 2013, 6:04pm
            Maybe Magic? Maybe not. Elessar Send a private message to Elessar Jan 29 2013, 6:20pm
    Nope stoutfiles Send a private message to stoutfiles Jan 29 2013, 8:56pm
    not really fair to compare, but the comparison isn´t always in favour of FoTR elostirion74 Send a private message to elostirion74 Jan 29 2013, 10:00pm
    To me... cats16 Send a private message to cats16 Jan 29 2013, 10:05pm
        I think you've got it right Rostron2 Send a private message to Rostron2 Jan 29 2013, 10:36pm
            "All good tales deserve embellishment" Old Toby Send a private message to Old Toby Jan 30 2013, 5:04am
                Bilbo was awesome... jtarkey Send a private message to jtarkey Jan 30 2013, 5:21am

 
 
 

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