The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[Katy Lied]

Early showings of the Hobbit are apparently making people sick. This isn't good news for me since I get motion sick very easily. I almost threw up at the beginning to Avatar when they are floating around in that spaceship.

Still excited to see this one as I can just as easily see it in the normal version and not the high-frame rate version.

Clicking on that link tells me 2 things:

1. Holy crap Peter Jackson lost a lot of weight. Last time I saw him in Santa Barbara he was a lot bigger, and shambled around barefoot.

2. That dress that Cate Blanchett is wearing is simply sublime.

[Hypoplastic]

I was flipping through radio stations on my way to work this morning and caught Glenn Beck talking about the Hobbit. He really enjoyed the flick. According to him:

• The guy who plays Bilbo was very good
• Overall, it lives up to the Lord of the Rings flicks
• It's too scary for younger kids.
• The 3-D was amazing and the best he's ever seen

Then he went on to say that tomorrow he's doing a special show on the Christian allegories in the story and that Tolkien's writing was a slap in the face to CS Lewis or something like that (I wasn't paying as close attention when he stopped talking about the movie).

[lambdacoug]

I was flipping through radio stations on my way to work this morning and caught Glenn Beck talking about the Hobbit. He really enjoyed the flick. According to him:

• The guy who plays Bilbo was very good
• Overall, it lives up to the Lord of the Rings flicks
• It's too scary for younger kids.
• The 3-D was amazing and the best he's ever seen

Then he went on to say that tomorrow he's doing a special show on the Christian allegories in the story and that Tolkien's writing was a slap in the face to CS Lewis or something like that (I wasn't paying as close attention when he stopped talking about the movie).

Well, shit. Glenn Beck liked it, now I'm going to feel conflicted liking it too...

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[Hypoplastic]

Well, shit. Glenn Beck liked it, now I'm going to feel conflicted liking it too...

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On the bright side, if you end up not liking it then you'll just have one more reason to think GB is an idiot.

[lambdacoug]

On the bright side, if you end up not liking it then you'll just have one more reason to think GB is an idiot.

True, but at this point more is just superfluous.

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[oxcoug]

I know this will make me unwelcome among the Jackson groupies in this thread (the man's highschool drama downgrade of dialogue in parts of LOTR was laughable enough) but I'm pretty much meh about watching this movie.

The second I'd heard he'd decided to turn it into a trilogy I was pretty much over Jackson. I'll wait til it's on TV.

The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing….They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25. And it seems that The Hobbit will be the same kind of film.

--Christopher Tolkien

[Commando]

Nah I wouldn't put too much stock in Christopher Tolkein's assessment prior to even having seen the thing, solely based upon what he didn't like about LOTR.

Besides, didn't CT/the Tolkein family beef w the studio? I have seen a handful of truly awful movies in the theatre this year and this won't be one of them.

[creekster]

I understadn TOlkien's problems. Whenever I want me some good menainfgul, philosophical impact in my life I always try to get it from trolls, orcs, dwarves and elves.

[MarkGrace]

So not only did they turn this thing into three films, but the first one is 162 minutes? Damn.

[Donuthole]

So not only did they turn this thing into three films, but the first one is 162 minutes? Damn.

Wait, what? They turned it into three films? Bwahahahaha!

[Clark Addison]

So not only did they turn this thing into three films, but the first one is 162 minutes? Damn.

My understanding, which may be wrong, is that one of the reasons they made it a trilogy (other than the obvious reason of making boatloads of money) was that this is much more than just the material from The Hobbit. There is stuff from other writings of Tolkien that fleshes it out (as well, I'm sure, as plenty of stuff that was made up just for the movie). For example, in the book, the 'White Council" or whatever it is called is barely mentioned in conjunction with throwing Sauron out of Mirkwood, whereas in the movie they will have a much more prominent part (I think I am starting to sound like a nerd here).

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

My BIL saw it at some movie festival in Texas, Butt-A-Thon or something. His gushing FB posts about how amazing it is basically ensures that I will not be seeing this movie.

[Donuthole]

My BIL saw it at some movie festival in Texas, Butt-A-Thon or something. His gushing FB posts about how amazing it is basically ensures that I will not be seeing this movie.

Can I get one guess as to which BIL you are referring? Pretty please?

[Northwestcoug]

My son and daughter (11 and 9) made a deal with me to go see the midnight premier. They had to read either the Hobbitt or another comparibly sized book. Both of them did it, so I bought the tickets a couple of weeks ago. Then of course I hear about the nausea-inducing 3D, and realize I work the next day!

[dabrockster]

Saw it last night.. Was pretty good.. Not enough to see again in the theater..