|
Do you enjoy the 100% volunteer, not for profit services of TheOneRing.net? Consider a donation!
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Verbal_Daggers
The Shire
Feb 8, 1:11pm
Views: 348
Shortcut
|
|
As someone who got introduced to Tolkien's books through PJs adaptations...
[In reply to]
|
Can't Post
|
|
I have just started reading The Hobbit now and I am halfway thorugh - which means I have seen the movie first (since I am a big fan of Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings adaptation) and I really don't know what all the fuss is about... He has stayed rather close to the book so far (even Azog was mentioned in the text) and whereas the book feels rushed at times imo, PJ has taken the liberty to simply embellish the story a bit more - as a movie it works wonderfully imo. If The Hobbit came first it would have definitely been quite a different and shorter movie but I don't necessarily think it would have been a better one because what I love most about Peter Jacksons Middle-Earth movies is that he takes the time to not only tell the story but also to show us the magic of his vision of Middle-Earth and he is still trying to stay close to the book. I for one am soo happy that it is this way around so that we get more of his vision of Tolkien's work on the big screen.
I can imagine that it is hard maybe for people that are more fans of the books than of the movies but as a movie I think this first part works quite well (my brother, his girlfriend and my best friend all 3 didn't like the LOTR movies but enjoyed the Hobbit very much, my parents and me (fans of the LOTR movies) also enjoyed the new movie a lot - so I would say PJ did something right!^^
I think the best thing about the first Hobbit movie is that PJ has managed to find a very good balance between the ligher atmosphere of the Hobbit book and the continuity with the already existing LOTR movies - surely he never had a chance to please them all but he did the best job trying to please as many as possible :)
|
|
|
|
Subject
|
User
|
Time
|
Thought experiment: what if The Hobbit had been filmed before Lord of the Rings?
|
matthauger
|
Feb 8, 12:13pm
|
As someone who got introduced to Tolkien's books through PJs adaptations...
|
Verbal_Daggers
|
Feb 8, 1:11pm
|
|
We would have
|
Lindele
|
Feb 8, 1:40pm
|
|
Maybe...
|
matthauger
|
Feb 8, 2:20pm
|
|
Or maybe...
|
RalphDamiani
|
Feb 8, 3:02pm
|
|
Hobbit
|
Lonely Mountain
|
Feb 8, 3:19pm
|
|
Nah... one Hobbit and ZERO LOTR film.
|
xxxyyy
|
Feb 8, 3:42pm
|
|
We have discussed this topic several times on the boards...
|
Otaku-sempai
|
Feb 8, 4:28pm
|
|
Luckily that didn't happen!
|
BoromirOfWinterfell
|
Feb 8, 4:34pm
|
|
We might have still gotten a cameo of Legolas...
|
Otaku-sempai
|
Feb 8, 4:54pm
|
|
The LOTR cast would be different too
|
glor
|
Feb 9, 5:03pm
|
|
Richard Armitage as Boromir...*spoiler*
|
BoromirOfWinterfell
|
Feb 9, 5:10pm
|
|
It Might Have Changed the Overall Tone
|
IdrilofGondolin
|
Feb 8, 5:01pm
|
|
I imagine:
|
Marionette
|
Feb 8, 6:23pm
|
|
yes, one short..
|
glor
|
Feb 9, 5:53pm
|
|
There would be world peace
|
Rostron2
|
Feb 8, 8:52pm
|
|
|
|
