The Hobbit

OwL · January 01, 2013, 07:50:43 PM

Went to see The Hobbit two nights ago. I really recommend the film and in my view does the book justice. Even if fantasy and adventure is not your cup of tea, I would still recommend seeing this at the flicks......
Trouble is I have to wait 11 months until the next installment.

What do middle earth fans think of the film?

Karhedron · January 01, 2013, 08:06:02 PM

A good film on the whole. I suspect like most fans of the books, I have some issues with the liberties they took but I can understand why they did so.

The one big mistake they made was with having Radagast (rather than Gandalf) investigating Dol Guldur and the Necromancer. In the book this happens before the story starts. Gandalf finds Thrain (Thorin's father) held prisoner in the Necromancer's dungeons. This is where Gandalf gets the key and the map. By changing this part of the story but still having Gandalf give Thorin the key, it begs the question of where he got it from?

Other than that, mining the appendices for extra material works quite well as a way of padding the book. I just Sylvester McCoy had played Radagast a little straighter and not quite so loopy.

OwL · January 01, 2013, 08:18:31 PM

Apparently the actor Benedict Cumberbatch plays the Necromancer.

(can't wait for next installment)
I enjoyed Sylvester McCoys version of Radagast, and great to see him on the big screen.
As you would expect, certain liberties were taken for an adventurous story line, however I really enjoyed the whole film.

Sprintex · January 01, 2013, 09:29:36 PM

Saw this in 3D last week while we were off work

I saw all three LOTR films in the cinema too, but Mrs Sprintex hasn't really been into this sort of stuff up until now. She also enjoyed The Hobbit and is now looking forward to Part 2 next year. Not quite sure the book should've been stretched into THREE films, but at least we should only have to wait 7 months between parts two and three if the projected timetable is adhered to

Paul

OwL · January 01, 2013, 09:32:25 PM

Last film scheduled for July 2014.

Can't wait this long

Sprintex · January 01, 2013, 09:45:06 PM

Could be worse, could've been December 2014 to keep the yearly pre-christmas thing going just like they did with LOTR

Paul

Trainfish · January 01, 2013, 11:24:32 PM

It could be a LOT worse than that. If it was made by Bachmann/Farish it would be promised for 6 months time and arrive in 18 months if you're lucky!

Sprintex · January 01, 2013, 11:27:42 PM

Paul

kaiwhara · January 02, 2013, 12:01:08 AM

Glad to see my country is being admired again!!

OwL · January 02, 2013, 01:10:25 AM

Quote from: kaiwhara on January 02, 2013, 12:01:08 AM
Glad to see my country is being admired again!!

I heard that the mayor of Wellington renamed the town Middle-Earth-Ville or something during the first release.
How do you cope with all those Orcs, Dragons and Giant Spiders running loose over your Rail Network?

daveg · January 02, 2013, 07:29:37 AM

Quote from: OwL on January 02, 2013, 01:10:25 AM

Quote from: kaiwhara on January 02, 2013, 12:01:08 AM
Glad to see my country is being admired again!!

I heard that the mayor of Wellington renamed the town Middle-Earth-Ville or something during the first release.
How do you cope with all those Orcs, Dragons and Giant Spiders running loose over your Rail Network?

Orc poo on the down line!

Yuk! Recommended track cleaner anyone?

Read the books and seen the sequels; got the DVDs too. Enjoyed the movie after a rather slow start but I thought it intro'd the characters well for any LOTR newbie.

MattJ · January 02, 2013, 08:09:49 PM

Despite the running time I didn't get bored at all.
The bit with the dwarves dancing on the table singing was a bit Monty Python.

Gandalf should have had a word to Radagast about that bird poo on his head though - "For goodness sakes man, get yourself cleaned up, you smell worse than Gollum's posing pouch!"

intraclast · January 02, 2013, 09:44:27 PM

I enjoyed it a lot, thought they did it justice though I wasn't sure about all the additions/modifications. I wish I had seen it in 2D though, it was the first film I've seen in 3D and I found I was missing detail in fast moving sequences and big panning shots, it was kind of blurry.

5 out of 5 from me though!

OwL · January 02, 2013, 09:54:13 PM

Some films are good for 3D, but i would say Hobbit is best viewed in 2D.

Karhedron · January 02, 2013, 11:54:17 PM

Quote from: OwL on January 02, 2013, 09:54:13 PM
Some films are good for 3D, but i would say Hobbit is best viewed in 2D.

I also saw it in 2D and thought it was excellent. All of which is odd as it is one of the films that was made in true stereoscopic 3D rather than having it added in post production.