Author Topic: The Hobbit was Fantastic!! (Read 3127 times)

Seraphia · « **Reply #5 on:** December 26, 2012, 09:40:02 PM »

My children asked me if they could go see it again just to watch the scene with all the flying dishes.

Boys will be boys.

Sigismund · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2012, 11:27:45 PM »

I saw it this evening and thought it was just okay. I wish Peter Jackson would tell Tolkien's story and not insist on acting as though he can do it better.

Quo Vadis Petre · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2012, 12:00:07 AM »

Yeah, the bit about the Morgul knife and Azog revived in a revenge bid against Thorin was a bit disconcerting, among other things.

Sigismund · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2012, 09:39:19 PM »

I saw it with several family members, including an 18 year old cousin who is an even more rabid Tolkien fan than I am. When I asked him what he thought he said, "It was an okay movie, and it even had a few characters in common with the book. :smile:

Seriously, Peter Jackson could tell the story straight in one long movie, and easily do it in two reasonable length movies. Instead he will add a bunch of nonsense and claim he had to leave out stuff that Tolkien actually wrote becasue the movie would be too long otherwise.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2012, 10:43:28 PM »

So, dear Catholics, what will the pagan - the majority of the audience - take away from seeing this version of The Hobbit?