Last Film You Watched
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Not really sure what your point is, mine is that stretching the book over three films was a cynical cash in at the expense of quality
Gwladysstreetlad
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You're quite right they're not the same. It's infinitely more difficult to adapt most books to stage then it is film. Especially when the book being adapted is a visual and descriptive as the Hobbit is. Never the less I've seen a play of the Hobbit that more then did justice to the story, never dragged and went a good three hours.
Even if Jackson felt he couldn't make it work over three hours why not cut it to two or even just one and a half? It didn't have to be on par with LOTR and was never intended to be so. Not every film has to be a three hour epic odyssey that spans over three movies and it was either a mistake or a cynical cash grabbing move to do so with the Hobbit.
Nymzee
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Gwladysstreetlad
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I do too, will you kindly let me know when they do that for the Hobbit?
Nymzee
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McBain
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Gwladysstreetlad
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You'll miss out then mate. It's nothing overly special but it's good fun. It's the type of thing DC/Warner Bros should of done from the start, rather then diving into somthing as big as Batman Vs Superman.
McBain
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Oh I’ll probably see it - just really busy at work but have 2 weeks off coming up. Im looking forward to DC mixing it up with Shazam on one end and Joker on the other.
Interesting parallel with my favourite character Miracleman though, might just end up watching it comparing it with Moore retro-con.
SHAZAM!: Neil Gaiman Talks Alan Moore And Miracleman
The legendary writer on the most influential superhero most people have never read.
birthmoviesdeath.com
OnlyBlueWillDo
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I remember reading at the time he made them that the material was only really enough to make one film but the studio wanted 3 films and was chasing the success and money the previous 3 LOTR's films brought in, which you can understand.
Minimeister
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The Ritual with Rafe Spall. Really good first few minutes then disappoints. Had it been a serial killer tracking them in the woods rather than an overgrown stag then it would have worked much better. 3 ghoulies out of 10.
OnlyBlueWillDo
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There is nothing wrong with the quality of the 3 Hobbit films, 100% the studio involved stretched the material to make 3 films, but that doesn't make them bad films.
King Kong, LOTR's, The Hobbit, nobody matches Jackson when it comes to making fantasy adventure films for me in the last 20 years.
So you thing the 3 hobbit movies are perfect flawless films? There is plenty wrong with them
The book is much better.
OnlyBlueWillDo
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No they aren't perfect flawless films, but they are very good films in that genre for sure, 7.5ish out of 10 is how I'd rate them, well worth watching.
LOTR's are around the 9 out of 10 by comparison.
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