EPTOn March 24 2013 01:13 Arkandir wrote:
So the hobbit, the controversial (not really) movie of the moment.
For someone who already read the Hobbit, the LOTR trilogy and the Silmarillion, I really liked the movie, aside from some lore inconsistencies
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Azog, literal Mountain Giants, the entire reason Thorin and Co. go to erebor, some bits in the White Council like the part with Saruman and the mushrooms, Mirkwood being turned evil suddenly, and i think that's it
The beggining was epic, showing an AWESOME intro for erebor and the dwarves in general, those 2 giant hammers for smithing where really "dwarven". The rest was equally great, the only thing i disliked was that Bilbo was telling the story.
The journey, the songs, the characters (who i suppose the rest will be fleshed out in th sequels), the trolls (who sound like Warhammer orks), goblin town, etc... each getting them closer and closer to erebor.
So what did i think about it? i really enjoyed it, maybe because there haven't been many high fantasy movies recently or maybe because the scenes taken from the book to the movie were memmorable. I think this movie was made with love and care, unlike other blockbuster movies, so go watch it if you can.
So the hobbit, the controversial (not really) movie of the moment.
For someone who already read the Hobbit, the LOTR trilogy and the Silmarillion, I really liked the movie, aside from some lore inconsistencies
+ Show Spoiler +
Azog, literal Mountain Giants, the entire reason Thorin and Co. go to erebor, some bits in the White Council like the part with Saruman and the mushrooms, Mirkwood being turned evil suddenly, and i think that's it
The beggining was epic, showing an AWESOME intro for erebor and the dwarves in general, those 2 giant hammers for smithing where really "dwarven". The rest was equally great, the only thing i disliked was that Bilbo was telling the story.
The journey, the songs, the characters (who i suppose the rest will be fleshed out in th sequels), the trolls (who sound like Warhammer orks), goblin town, etc... each getting them closer and closer to erebor.
So what did i think about it? i really enjoyed it, maybe because there haven't been many high fantasy movies recently or maybe because the scenes taken from the book to the movie were memmorable. I think this movie was made with love and care, unlike other blockbuster movies, so go watch it if you can.
Azog and the Mountain Giants are inconsistent. the rest you mentioned is not inconsistent when you read the other Tolkien books.
also: the book is written from bilbos perspective and exists in LotR as well. obviously he is telling the story.
