Movie Review: The Hobbit. Spoilers!
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sunlit_musicSPOILERS GALORE. You have been warned. ;)
I love reading Les Miserables way more than The Hobbit (novel version). Les Miserables has a way better story. There is no point in comparing the two. But I enjoyed watching the movie version of The Hobbit better than the Les Miserables movie (which was brought down by mediocre singing and acting from Russell Crowe. I like Russell Crowe and I don't expect him to sing well. But come on. There is no excuse for his lacklustre acting in Les Mis. He's usually a brilliant actor! Why his acting was so flat in the Les Miserables movie I will never know).
Soooo...The Hobbit. It starts off slowly, and they only skim the world building (if they included all of it, the movie would have been longer than three hours. No thank you!).
I didn't like how elves were portrayed as the best race (it's a Tolkien thing). But I liked how the dwarves were portrayed with more dignity and intelligence. And Bilbo's fondness for good food and his pipe is adorable.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
- The eagles make a reappearance! :D
- We get to meet Radagast the brown wizard! Frodo, Saruman, Galadriel and Elrond reappear! It is so weird seeing Saruman as a good guy for once.
- Bilbo really does grow as a character. He becomes brave, self sacrificing and more unselfish. The dwarven prince accuses Bilbo of abandoning his dwarves as Bilbo is homesick. Bilbo then says, "You're right. I do miss my home. That's why I'm going to help you all (get your home back). Because you don't have one". Best line ever. XD
Verdict: Very good. Nowhere near as good as Lord of the Rings, but still worth watching (and re-watching). :)
I love reading Les Miserables way more than The Hobbit (novel version). Les Miserables has a way better story. There is no point in comparing the two. But I enjoyed watching the movie version of The Hobbit better than the Les Miserables movie (which was brought down by mediocre singing and acting from Russell Crowe. I like Russell Crowe and I don't expect him to sing well. But come on. There is no excuse for his lacklustre acting in Les Mis. He's usually a brilliant actor! Why his acting was so flat in the Les Miserables movie I will never know).
Soooo...The Hobbit. It starts off slowly, and they only skim the world building (if they included all of it, the movie would have been longer than three hours. No thank you!).
I didn't like how elves were portrayed as the best race (it's a Tolkien thing). But I liked how the dwarves were portrayed with more dignity and intelligence. And Bilbo's fondness for good food and his pipe is adorable.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
- The eagles make a reappearance! :D
- We get to meet Radagast the brown wizard! Frodo, Saruman, Galadriel and Elrond reappear! It is so weird seeing Saruman as a good guy for once.
- Bilbo really does grow as a character. He becomes brave, self sacrificing and more unselfish. The dwarven prince accuses Bilbo of abandoning his dwarves as Bilbo is homesick. Bilbo then says, "You're right. I do miss my home. That's why I'm going to help you all (get your home back). Because you don't have one". Best line ever. XD
Verdict: Very good. Nowhere near as good as Lord of the Rings, but still worth watching (and re-watching). :)
