The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Extended Edition 2D 3D Statues 11/5/13

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I don't see how The Hobbit is any slower than FOTR EE. I am glad Jackson spent a great deal of time with Bilbo and the dwarves in his house. I always thought the beginning of the theatrical cut of FOTR was weak and was glad that PJ put all of that stuff back in for EE.

Too bad we didn't get a four-part Hobbit with the entire first movie called Party at Bilbo's.

[Extremis]

Originally Posted by icy hot

Just watched it for the first time and I'd agree.

I don't know if it will seem longer on repeat viewings though.

I've seen it once in theaters and twice at home. It remains near similar on all viewings. It's such an enjoyable film.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Gremal

Too bad we didn't get a four-part Hobbit with the entire first movie called Party at Bilbo's.

I think that it would have been called 'My Dinner With Bilbo'.

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[Sky_Captain]

The Lord of the Rings films did a great job of this, especially Return of the King.

Not sure about that one.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by cherbert

You do realise the Hobbit is a children's book and Peter Jackson tried to stay true to that?

Its not silly at all.

Oh, it's silly. And Walt wouldn't have done something like that, but Chuck Jones would've.

I also don't agree that Jackson tried to stay true to The Hobbit as a "children's book".

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

I think that it would have been called 'My Dinner With Bilbo'.

Or possibly Eat Drink Dwarf Hobbit.

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I don't see how The Hobbit is any slower than FOTR EE. I am glad Jackson spent a great deal of time with Bilbo and the dwarves in his house. I always thought the beginning of the theatrical cut of FOTR was weak and was glad that PJ put all of that stuff back in for EE.

Its a shorter movie vs FOTR, but feels longer IMO for quite a few reasons. Much less interesting characters, less interesting action scenes a few of which border on goofy, less engaging story geared more toward a younger audience (like the book), less depth in general, somewhat poor editing, etc.......Throw in an unconvincing LFE mix vs FOTR which is fantastic in this area and its not hard to see why some of us thought this film sludged along.

FOTR EE for me comes as close to cinema perfection as it gets and The Hobbit falls way short in comparison

[riddlerfiddler]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Not sure about that one.

Return of the King was longer than An Unexpected Journey, but it didn't feel as so. The pacing was much better and more consistent. Only towards the end did Return of the King feel like it was dragging on. Even then, it still manages to maintain more of my attention than Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.

[King Troll]

Originally Posted by riddlerfiddler

Return of the King was longer than An Unexpected Journey, but it didn't feel as so. The pacing was much better and more consistent. Only towards the end did Return of the King feel like it was dragging on. Even then, it still manages to maintain more of my attention than Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.

+1 ROTK was the best of the 3

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by riddlerfiddler

Return of the King was longer than An Unexpected Journey, but it didn't feel as so. The pacing was much better and more consistent. Only towards the end did Return of the King feel like it was dragging on. Even then, it still manages to maintain more of my attention than Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers,

Yeah, in your opinion, which I don't agree with. Is that okay?

Good.

[riddlerfiddler]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Yeah, in your opinion, which I don't agree with. Is that okay?

Good.

Whoa whoa whoa. Calm down. Don't get your panties in a bunch. Just trying to articulate how many feel.

[JohnWayne]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Yeah, in your opinion, which I don't agree with. Is that okay?

Good.

What's your problem? He was just speaking his opinion of the movie.

[Livelong420]

Partying with the dwarves would be awesome.

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by JohnWayne

What's your problem? He was just speaking his opinion of the movie.

I don't know, I actually have no comeback regarding my behavior there. I just saw red for some reason, possibly because I loathe RoTK.

My apologies to riddlerfiddler.

[King Troll]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

I think that it would have been called 'My Dinner With Bilbo'.

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Waiting for the criterion release

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by raven007

So I bought the digibook of The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey from Walmart today and read online that sometime this year a extended version with 20 to 25 mins added to the movie will be coming out. And I wanna know for anyone that owns the extended lord of the rings movies is it worth waiting for the extended editions of the hobbit movies? If it is I might just wait to get all the hobbit movie extended editions. In the mean time at least I can see the hobbit as I didn't get to see it in theaters.

You need to rent or borrow both the theatrical and EE of one or more LoTR movies and find out for yourself. There is no consensus about which is better so you will get opinions that you have no basis to gauge which is 'right'.

That said, just because you think the EE of LoTR are better or worse than the theatrical editions doesn't mean the same will be true of any or all of the Hobbit movies. I personally preferred the EE of LoTR but plan on only buying the theatrical of Hobbt AUJ.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by riddlerfiddler

Return of the King was longer than An Unexpected Journey, but it didn't feel as so. The pacing was much better and more consistent. Only towards the end did Return of the King feel like it was dragging on. Even then, it still manages to maintain more of my attention than Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.

I would tend to agree. Hobbit AUJ seemed to drag a bit more than RotK. But even the theatrical edition of RotK seemed to take an eternity. Granted there were a lot of endings to the book which made it more difficult. Even having read the books, my wife and I kept expecting the credits to come up anytime for an eternity before they actually did.

[Melesine]

No double dipping for me on this one. It's already bloated enough in the theatrical release.

I did double dip twice on the LOTR trilogy both DVD and BD in theatrical and extended. But it was worth it for them.

[Blades1370]

Originally Posted by Melesine

No double dipping for me on this one. It's already bloated enough in the theatrical release.

I did double dip twice on the LOTR trilogy both DVD and BD in theatrical and extended. But it was worth it for them.

I only double dipped for the theatrical and extended editions of the LOTR on DVD, I waited for the extended ones for Blu-Ray, and will do the same for the Hobbit movies.

[MEHEARTJC]

Originally Posted by riddlerfiddler

Return of the King was longer than An Unexpected Journey, but it didn't feel as so. The pacing was much better and more consistent. Only towards the end did Return of the King feel like it was dragging on. Even then, it still manages to maintain more of my attention than Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.

I watched The Hobbit yesterday, and it was nearly 45 minutes until it finally takes off with action. The beginning just drags horribly. In fact, I saw it in the theater, and I was conked by the time Bilbo signs the contract. I slept through most of the movie. lol

I still don't understand why they went so CGI heavy on this one. CGI was mainly used in wide exterior shots in the first trilogies.