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Originally Posted by JackKnightStarman
I remember seeing the TV commercial for Bakshi's Lord of the Rings in the 70's and knew I wanted to know more. It wasn't till I was 8 that my mother bought me a box set of the paper backs.
I have read these books maybe 20 times in my 40 years. I have never been interested in any of the books that came after, so I was a bit surprised at all the things that Jackson put in the movie that were not in the book. I liked the movie a lot but felt that this book would be the easiest to adapt, especially after the changes that were made to LOTR.
I think that if they had stayed closer to the book, people might not have been as set back by the different tone in this movie. Also, two 3 1/2 hour movies certainly would have been enough. But 3 almost 3 hour movies for a short children's book that doesn't even have the complexities and themes of the other books is just ridiculous.
I for one am glad that Viggo said no to returning. This feels even more like a cash grab by all involved, and doesn't honor the work, the way the others did.
I am all for progressing technology but I really feel the whole 48fps stuff ruined the feel to this. Can't use models for architecture...it looks too fake, the overuse of CGI on principle characters instead of practical effects like the other movies...the list goes on. Jackson has become more reliant on computer tech with each movie after LOTR...it is almost laughable. Some people just don't think before putting things to use. He has out-Lucased Lucas himself.
I remember when they were previewing footage of the Hobbit in HFR theatres. People were saying how fake the sets look. The best effects you don't even notice. And I think that's what is lost on most modern filmmakers. Cameron, Lucas, Jackson, Bay, are by far the poster boys for too much is never enough. It is like they forgot what it was like to have a budget. Studios too are to blame. Lucas, Cameron, Jackson come from EFX backgrounds and knew how to push practical effects at reasonable cost. Heck...two of them were either founder, or co-founder of major effects studios in the 70's and 80's. Yet in their quest for continued one upmanship pushed their last movies beyond what was really believable, and budgeted, and the stories suffered. Now Jackson too has followed this path.
The Hobbit trilogy will be a bloated, inferior follow-up to a legendary story that was adapted lovingly by fans, who 15 years ago were considered naive for trying to film the unfilmable.
I will watch the next two installments, but it doesn't evoke the excitement like it has in the past.
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You typed all of that on your phone!?
Beware of arthritic thumbs, pardner.
P.S. Actually, Strider wasn't in
The Hobbit, right? All they could've done was invent a scene with him watching the borders of the Shire.
