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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Apr 8 2013, 9:07pm
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The Hobbit has a strange quality to it...
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It seems, at least for me, to improve with additional viewings.
When I first watched the film I will admit that I did not know quite what to make of it-perhaps because it was so different to what I expected (and most of my disappointment was generated from a knowledge of moments of canon-inaccuracy, and as a consequence knowing how upset some of you on the board would be.) But since I couldn't come to a stable conclusion I gave it another try a few days later. To my astonishment I was absolutely blown away and it was probably one of the best film viewing experiences of my life. I saw it in a completely different light.
And in similar fashion, the film has improved with each viewing. Tonight on my now fourth *full* viewing, I have appreciated it more than ever, and I think it is a true masterpiece, on par with and in some areas better than LotR (Yes, occasionally worse I admit). Indeed I now think I understand why some of the negative critics belittled it: on their (most likely only) viewing, they may have been left in a similar boat and since they neither enjoyed nor despised it, tried to draw attention to their otherwise undecided article by simply writing it off as a bad film. Whether they expected it to be similar/different to LotR, they ended up looking at (at least on a first viewing), a rather mixed bag.
Anyone else found that it improves when watched again/viewed differently?
"True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one."
(This post was edited by Radagast-Aiwendil on Apr 8 2013, 9:08pm)
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The Hobbit has a strange quality to it...
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Apr 8 2013, 9:07pm
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Completely agree with you
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cats16
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Apr 8 2013, 9:21pm
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Partly agree
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Fredeghar Wayfarer
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Apr 8 2013, 9:47pm
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Yeah, i've come to appreciate it more,
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sauget.diblosio
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Apr 8 2013, 10:06pm
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Very much the same. I still HATE the lore inaccuracies, but by my third viewing I was
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AinurOlorin
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Apr 8 2013, 9:57pm
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Meh, it switches back and forth for me
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jtarkey
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Apr 8 2013, 10:12pm
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Radagast-A, I agree with you
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Glorfindela
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Apr 8 2013, 10:24pm
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I largely agree. The proof is in how the skipping is done. I do the least skipping in this film, possibly
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AinurOlorin
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Apr 8 2013, 11:24pm
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This Has Been My Experience
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IdrilofGondolin
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Apr 8 2013, 10:33pm
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It has become one of those movies where there aren't scenes I want to skip.
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Kimtc
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Apr 8 2013, 10:48pm
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intro
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jimmyfenn
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Apr 9 2013, 12:17am
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hehehehe
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Tinkerbell
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Apr 9 2013, 1:06am
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actually
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Tinkerbell
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Apr 9 2013, 1:18am
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well in hindsight....
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MouthofSauron
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Apr 9 2013, 5:49am
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interesting.
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Tinkerbell
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Apr 9 2013, 10:05am
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I already loved it
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DanielLB
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Apr 9 2013, 8:33am
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Loved it even more the second time
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Balrogslunch
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Apr 9 2013, 9:01am
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bagend
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Tinkerbell
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Apr 9 2013, 9:10am
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Loved it the first time
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Elessar
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Apr 9 2013, 12:59pm
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In the LOTR extras, PJ says more than once,
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t_bomb
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Apr 9 2013, 2:59pm
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I would say that...
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Salmacis81
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Apr 9 2013, 5:31pm
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If you need to watch it multiple times
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R11
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Apr 9 2013, 5:42pm
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Not so sure about that one
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Apr 9 2013, 7:54pm
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While in general
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droidsocket
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Apr 9 2013, 8:07pm
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Everything will grow on you...
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painjoiker
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Apr 9 2013, 9:44pm
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I love it anytime!
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Luinnár
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Apr 9 2013, 6:11pm
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Changed from the first to the second, not so much since
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elostirion74
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Apr 9 2013, 7:16pm
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I saw it twice
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Elenorflower
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Apr 9 2013, 10:59pm
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me too....
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swordwhale
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Apr 10 2013, 4:26am
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