http://wormtalk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-first-hobbit-film-some-thoughts.html
Prof. Drout is known here on TorN as editor of the JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia. His is a balanced review - he likes some aspects of the movies; others he's not so keen on. Here's a taster, which I agree with -
"That said, I had some issues. These are all more in sorrow than in anger, because I think Jackson had the opportunity to make a great film but missed it—in part because of the lowest-common-denominator needs of global Hollywood, but also in part because he and screenwriter Philippa Boyens didn’t entirely understand their material or trust their audience."
Read the review to see what he says next.
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Prof. Drout is known here on TorN as editor of the JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia. His is a balanced review - he likes some aspects of the movies; others he's not so keen on. Here's a taster, which I agree with -
"That said, I had some issues. These are all more in sorrow than in anger, because I think Jackson had the opportunity to make a great film but missed it—in part because of the lowest-common-denominator needs of global Hollywood, but also in part because he and screenwriter Philippa Boyens didn’t entirely understand their material or trust their audience."
Read the review to see what he says next.
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