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Beorn's Bees
Lorien
Apr 21 2014, 2:57pm
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Were these the Hobbit films that you expected?
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This is not asking whether or not you liked the Hobbit movies, but whether or not these were the films you had expected all those years ago. I for one loved the Hobbit films so far, however, I would never had guessed that they would have turned out like they did.
(This post was edited by Beorn's Bees on Apr 21 2014, 2:58pm)
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Apr 21 2014, 3:52pm
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Although, after An Unexpected Journey, I had a better idea of what to expect from the rest.
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Patty
Immortal
Apr 21 2014, 6:04pm
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PJ has again helped us to visualize Middle- earth in the way I expected. The new sets are just as I expected with the possible exception of lake town.
But the story is not as I expected, because all those many years ago I didn't foresee the need for so much padding.
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Darkstone
Immortal
Apr 21 2014, 6:08pm
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With Jackson's pre-LOTR films movies as a guide I'd expected something a bit silly, childlike, and quirky as befitting the book.
However as it became obvious Jackson was bowing to fans' demands for more LOTR, I anticipated a LOTR-Lite where LOTR film fans would be saying "too silly" and Hobbit book fans would be saying "too actiony".
So I voted yes.
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RangerLady23
Lorien
Apr 22 2014, 6:48pm
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but in a good way. They are different from what I was expecting, but I love them still. I just had LOTR to go by and TH is very different from it, but overall they are good films and they have not disappointed!
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Azimuth
The Shire
Apr 22 2014, 11:00pm
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They were much, much better! I expected some boring story because the book was not one of my favourites. However I was stunned with what I saw 
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Annael
Immortal
Apr 23 2014, 3:23pm
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really my answer is "I was hoping they wouldn't turn out as they did, but they did."
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wonderinglinguist
Lorien
Apr 23 2014, 6:14pm
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I think I need an "all of the above" option! "Yes" because Middle-Earth itself has been very much visualized the way I expected it to be, based on what we saw in LotR and from what I imagined while reading The Hobbit. "No" because the story wasn't what I expected --I thought it would stay closer to the book. Finally, "I had no expectations" because I didn't really think about it until AUJ came out! 
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Elessar
Valinor
Apr 25 2014, 6:48pm
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I think these have been for the most part what I expected just enough like LOTR to match that but enough like The Hobbit to be that as well. So that's why I voted yes but I say no because sometimes he has changed things a bit more than I would like with certain bits.
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Elskidor
Rohan
Apr 25 2014, 10:01pm
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They are not what I expected. Although I have a few complaints, these movies have been far and wide better than the "one" long film I figured we'd get.
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Elciryamo
Rivendell
Apr 26 2014, 8:13am
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I have seen the Hobbit in stage play and that was about it. The little glimpses we got in LOTR really did nothing to whet my appetite for 1 film, much less 3. So, I really didn't have any preconditions of what it should or should not be.
It may not be the "best" Hobbit movie that could have been, but in a post LOTR world, I think it works rather well.
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Salmacis81
Tol Eressea
May 3 2014, 6:07pm
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Azog, a Dwarf/Elf romance, dancing buffoon Great Goblin, CG Orcs all over the place - didn't expect any of these things.
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