tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654162646301256777.post8783213076593212311..comments2023-12-14T05:31:08.422-05:00Comments on TolkienBritta.com: Guest Post: 'Hobbit' Review by James MaguireBritta Siemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416519823032365698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654162646301256777.post-30223445383771261192012-12-20T23:24:42.898-05:002012-12-20T23:24:42.898-05:00Went last night and am ready to go again. I would ...Went last night and am ready to go again. I would every day if I could. I had no preconceptions about the way P. Jackson would present things so it was all an unfolding. If I don't like something, no matter, the books are always there. It is amazing that we have these films in our lifetime, what luck! The cave Orcs were especially gruesome - with the sores on their bodies - yuck. Loved the Dwarves. I felt as if I could reach out and touch the film and actually ducked a time or two..! Spellbound and I miss the movie just thinking about it, like it is a long lost part of me. Ready for an adventure now, just like when I first read the books.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326741991148252781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654162646301256777.post-18254589045742485072012-12-20T18:57:16.577-05:002012-12-20T18:57:16.577-05:00James, thanks for this review! There really are so...James, thanks for this review! There really are so many great things about this movie that I think they far outweigh the bad. It's one of the few films that I would have watched twice in a row. I keep thinking about the thrush and the snail and what great foreshadowing that is for The Desolation of Smaug. Most filmmakers never would have thought to put in something that subtle. Based on Smaug's eye alone (eerily resembling the Eye of Sauron, don't you think?) I'm guessing this Urulóki will be the baddest dragon in the history of film. I only wish they had toned down the violence so I could take my 8-year-old. I think there are just too many beheadings and Orc-eviscerations for someone his age. And a lot of the scenes that were obviously shot just for the 3D experience (Stone Giants, Goblin Cave chase, etc.) were totally unnecessary. It's such a beautiful movie, though, filled with humor ("Can you make it stop raining, Gandalf?") and amazing acting (the Gollum/Bilbo scene is a Tolkien-freak's dream). We should all be thankful that a bunch of Hollywood bozos didn't get their hands on this and cast Tom Cruise as Bilbo.Noble Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114508532250917636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654162646301256777.post-20704989085573541532012-12-20T16:55:31.963-05:002012-12-20T16:55:31.963-05:00Thank you for your review. I read the Hobbit and L...Thank you for your review. I read the Hobbit and LOTR in the late '60's early '70's and then I read all things Tolkien that I could get my hands on. Middle-Earth touched a place in my heart and I have been waiting since for movies to do them justice. I was content with LOTR, especially the extended version. I have read some negative reviews about the Hobbit and was concerned by the hype. You have reassured me.David Bleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273679675469666739noreply@blogger.com