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Can you give me your assessment of - LotR Trilogy vs. Hobbit Trilogy Anonymous2000 Send a noteboard - 12/12/2014 05:52:50 PM

Obviously, the original trilogy is much better. The two things that I keep noticing are:

  1. Content vs. movie length - it always felt the there was a lot of great LotR content that had to be cut in order to fit the story into 3 movies (and 3 very long movies). With the Hobbit, every movie (at least the 2 I have seen so far) seems to be adding in silly stuff to stretch it out.

  2. The CGI is much more heavy-handed in the Hobbit and used quite a bit for slapstick-like action scenes. I agree with you about the comparison of Hobbit 1 and 2 with the SW prequels.

And by the way, did they change the title of Hobbit 3? I thought it was going to be called "Here and Back Again".

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the five Armies ironclad - 12/12/2014 10:46:35 AM 2012 Views
Can you give me your assessment of - LotR Trilogy vs. Hobbit Trilogy Anonymous2000 - 12/12/2014 05:52:50 PM 984 Views
I think this was a case of Jackson being forced to make them. Cannoli - 12/12/2014 11:37:49 PM 864 Views
I don't wanna come across as hating either the Hobbit or the newer SW trilogy. ironclad - 13/12/2014 10:46:42 PM 788 Views
The crap CGI was not the problem. AgentApple - 14/12/2014 10:57:34 PM 679 Views
I wouldn't assume it is the last. Hollywood never lets a cash cow die. *NM* random thoughts - 12/12/2014 06:13:09 PM 350 Views
From what I heard, Tolkien's estate/son have said no more. Tolkien himself sold Hobbit & LotR rights *NM* Cannoli - 12/12/2014 11:14:13 PM 344 Views
Nah. What is there left to show? ironclad - 13/12/2014 10:49:22 PM 715 Views
They'd find stories enough to tell in the Silm, but they don't have the rights. Nor will they ever. *NM* Legolas - 14/12/2014 08:52:10 PM 296 Views
just because it wouldn't be any good doesn't mean they wouldn't make it and make millions doing it *NM* random thoughts - 15/12/2014 04:25:06 AM 285 Views
Children of Hurin. Or a Silmarillion trilogy: 1. Beren 2. Hurin 3. Elendil Tom - 26/12/2014 08:41:41 PM 629 Views
Hell, they could get a whole trilogy just out of Beren. Cannoli - 01/01/2015 02:52:38 AM 587 Views
You could also do one movie about the fall of Numenor. *NM* Tom - 26/12/2014 08:44:58 PM 293 Views
Um... if YOU'RE saying this about a big-budget film nossy - 12/12/2014 08:52:08 PM 788 Views
What's that supposed to mean? ironclad - 13/12/2014 10:50:42 PM 812 Views
Nothing insulting - you're just better at enjoying the spectacle nossy - 14/12/2014 03:40:02 PM 718 Views
She's saying you suspend your disbelief more readily than most mortals. *NM* Tom - 26/12/2014 08:42:49 PM 310 Views
Uh-oh. So even worse than the previous two, then? Legolas - 14/12/2014 08:54:43 PM 644 Views
In the book, Bilbo is knocked out really fast and the battle is basically a few pages The Shrike - 15/12/2014 08:39:56 PM 706 Views
I remember that much, yeah ironclad - 15/12/2014 09:28:56 PM 668 Views
Ah, then that does change the perspective a lot. The Shrike - 16/12/2014 01:22:02 PM 675 Views
Hm, found it better than I expected. But then I expected very bad. Legolas - 16/12/2014 10:50:51 PM 698 Views
I forgot how hot Mr. Orc Warlord was ßelals Girl - 26/12/2014 06:48:50 PM 725 Views
Manu Bennett is often the best thing about whatever he is in; even if his character was already dead Cannoli - 01/01/2015 03:03:33 AM 644 Views
So, I've watched it. nossy - 04/01/2015 04:55:59 PM 778 Views
People rode more different creatures in this movie than there were riding horses. Cannoli - 14/01/2015 02:01:13 AM 684 Views
Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the five Armies speakerbox - 04/02/2015 11:23:44 PM 557 Views
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