We’ve been waiting three weeks for a knock-out box office debut and we’ll finally get it this week with the long-awaited prequel trilogy The Hobbit. How high it performs will depend on word of mouth and repeat business. Critics have been appreciative, but a bit underwhelmed, but that shouldn’t dissuade ardent fans.
Individual Commentaries
Wesley Lovell: I’m a fan of the original trilogy and I’m a fan of the J.R.R. Tolkien books, so I have absolutely no hestitation in recommending it. I even have my tickets already. Peter J. Patrick: Peter Jackson making a film of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, his prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was a good idea. Stretching it out over another three long movies may be another story. We’ll see. Tripp Burton: One of the biggest releases of the year comes this weekend, so all the other studios seem to be holding back on interesting fare.
I would agree with you had I thought there were too many unnecessary scenes. Other than the set up with Bilbo and Frodo, everything else seemed to play well into the story or set things up for one or both of the next two films.
There really are not many unnecesary scenes, but the fact that many take too long, like:
The party should have been shorter
The chase of the wargs for radagast
The escape of the mountain goes on too long
And many more felt like they could be shortened
Peter Jackson should really learn how to let go of the material, The Hobbit plays very much like King Kong, its a good movie but it feels we are watching the extended dvd edition. I could easily take out 30 minutes of the hobbit nobody will miss.
I also didn’t like
– The Trolls act like the three stooges
– Radagast, they tried to make him funny, but ended up being silly
– Dwarves like Kili and Fili and Thorin are too “handsome”
– The Score by Howard Shore only has one new theme (the misty mountain song played like the fellowship theme), everything else is the same music, I found that dissapointing
Other than that, I enjoyed it, I hope PJ listen to the critics (its currently on 65% on rottentomatoes) and improve the sequels.
We’ve been waiting three weeks for a knock-out box office debut and we’ll finally get it this week with the long-awaited prequel trilogy The Hobbit. How high it performs will depend on word of mouth and repeat business. Critics have been appreciative, but a bit underwhelmed, but that shouldn’t dissuade ardent fans.
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