Hobbit Reviews Wanted
POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:58
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Quote:Not weird at all because the twisting and turning business corruption story was much more significant than the finished product about a magic ring. But I understand those who believe in magic and don't believe in government would not agree. They just want to have fun, fun, fun all the time no matter how the goddamned movie was made.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
When the hell did this becomes less about the movie and instead a thread about turning New Zealand into a third world , movie making sweatshop?
Weird.
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Originally posted by ANTHONYT:Quote:
For allowing New Zealand to keep its claim to The Hobbit, New Zealand taxpayers had to agree to Warner Brothers getting reported tax rebates of 75%
Hello,
I understand that, but if the deal was not favorable, why should they want to keep their claim to The Hobbit?
Probably because Tolkein and Rings-related tourism has been their biggest industry for the last decade...
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Originally posted by two:Quote:There is the sheer hypocrisy of various parties doing everything they can to maximize how much money they can screw out of a small country – all to make a series of films where the overriding theme by Tolkien was one about the perils of greed.
Originally posted by Storymark:
Having looked up his receiving that award - every blog that mentions it is written like some angry/paranoid PiranteNews with an accent vibe...
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
So, better to turn away millions in income (also cutting their own throat on the tourism side).... just because? Brilliant rationale.
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TWO - my question was primarily rhetorical. This thread was suppose to be about THE MOVIE. See, it's in the 'cinema' forum, and not RWED forum.
Please, make a note of it. 
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It's been decades since I read the book. Even I noticed that the movie was quite different, but that's not a bad thing.
It had a certain "Pixar" element to it. Every fight, fall, chase, etc. had to have the most athletic and narrowest escape possible. It's good fun, but I thought it was a little over the top at times.
The Hobbit is such a charming story in its own right, it didn't need all the flashy action to make us care about the characters. That said, I understand that the target audience is young enough to be my kid. They want thrills and spills. That's the standard.
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Originally posted by reaverfan:
It had a certain "Pixar" element to it. Every fight, fall, chase, etc. had to have the most athletic and narrowest escape possible. It's good fun, but I thought it was a little over the top at times.
Exactly. The story tells itself in a fine fashion, there was no reason to add anything to certain action scenes, just to add more POP! I know PJ CAN be true to the story and put out a quality product, he simply chooses not too. I really think he feels he needs to add even MORE nonsense to certain scenes, to set himself apart from Tolkien. Otherwise, he's simply doing the work of another story teller, and that makes Jackson feel like he's not as much a part of the process, or something. The guy simply can't help himself, which is a pity.
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The Hobbit is such a charming story in its own right, it didn't need all the flashy action to make us care about the characters. That said, I understand that the target audience is young enough to be my kid. They want thrills and spills. That's the standard.
Again, he's playing to the audience by giving it what the story already has. And if he's truly intent on trying to introduce more of Middle Earth to those who still haven't read the books, I think he's doing them a bit of disservice. By changing the story so much, it'll make the original all the more unrecognizable. I think the book is, of course, far superior, but I think PJ could have done more to reinforce Tolkien's work , instead of piling onto it, for the sake of making more and more $.
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So, HBO is showing The Unexpected JOURNEY... *sigh*
That still gets on my nerves.
And so, as the holiday season approaches, soon the pitch for 'Smaug' will kick in.
I wonder if this will be any good,... why do I ask questions to which I already know the answers.
Oh well.
At least Thor is coming up soon. Maybe that'll be a decent flick ?
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