A Long-Expected Hobbit Movie Thread

Magus · 12-16-2012, 03:47 PM

Saw it 2D. I'd say the only "visual problem" that popped up was that some landscape scenes panned so quickly it seriously just looked like a blur to my eyes and I could feel a "strain" on them. For the most part though it was pretty glorious to look at.

I feel the added parts/elements were fairly good, although even with bloating up the plot and altering some of Bilbo's actions, they still failed to make him a compelling lead and not just look like a guy along for the ride. It's not as bad as in the original story I suppose but the two or three things he does to help the party in the movie (changes from the book) still didn't really give me the same feeling I got watching Frodo and Sam in LOTR. I would think in a three hour movie this wouldn't have been a problem but nowhere in the added scenes did they sit back and say, "Let's explore the character of Bilbo to the same extent we did Frodo" and I'd say that's the biggest failure of the film--to expand it so greatly and yet miss the point.

12-16-2012, 03:47 PM	#11
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Saw it 2D. I'd say the only "visual problem" that popped up was that some landscape scenes panned so quickly it seriously just looked like a blur to my eyes and I could feel a "strain" on them. For the most part though it was pretty glorious to look at. I feel the added parts/elements were fairly good, although even with bloating up the plot and altering some of Bilbo's actions, they still failed to make him a compelling lead and not just look like a guy along for the ride. It's not as bad as in the original story I suppose but the two or three things he does to help the party in the movie (changes from the book) still didn't really give me the same feeling I got watching Frodo and Sam in LOTR. I would think in a three hour movie this wouldn't have been a problem but nowhere in the added scenes did they sit back and say, "Let's explore the character of Bilbo to the same extent we did Frodo" and I'd say that's the biggest failure of the film--to expand it so greatly and yet miss the point.