The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey reactions (SPOILERS)
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Man in the Funny Hat
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Can't say I noticed. However, I CAN offer a bit of potential insight into why such a decision might have been made. In Star Wars (a.k.a. Episode IV: A New Hope) when they are escaping the Death Star, Ben is facing Darth. He sacrifices himself willfully and Vader cuts him down without hesitation. The musical cue then used is actually PRINCESS LEIA'S THEME. Composer John Williams stated that he'd chosen to use it at that point because it was the most sweeping of the themes in the film. Apparantly it worked best to convey the emotion, etc. that was desired at that moment. I'd be willing to bet that similar logic applied. Most people realy aren't going to notice such little tricks - especially if the music is behaving as it should and not drawing inordinate attention to itself.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
I enjoyed the movie a lot. I've seen it once and I'm likely to go to the theater once more.
Personally, I believe it to be quite "unfaithful" to the book. I'm not talking about specific episodes or deviations from the original plot, but rather about the spirit. The book is a almost a fairy tale and has a rather whimsical mood. The movie is darker and is more of an action movie. But, as I said in an old thread about LotR, I'm perfectly fine with movies that "betray" the source material, as long as the result is enjoyable as in this case.
Personally, I believe it to be quite "unfaithful" to the book. I'm not talking about specific episodes or deviations from the original plot, but rather about the spirit. The book is a almost a fairy tale and has a rather whimsical mood. The movie is darker and is more of an action movie. But, as I said in an old thread about LotR, I'm perfectly fine with movies that "betray" the source material, as long as the result is enjoyable as in this case.
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
To Tolkien's credit and Jackson's fault, the best lines of dialogue are definitely the direct lifts from the books. It's when jackson freelances that things go astray.
The dwarf song was fantastic -- I bought the soundtrack and can't stop listening. Though I do wish they would do the entire song with the dwarf cast, even though it would be about 10 minutes long.
One wonders about the Professor. Certainly I expect that Christopher Tolkien, lemon puss that he is, will hate it just like he hated the LotR movies.
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
I've now watched the IMAX 3D version, the 2D version, and 3D HFR edition, in that order. I've enjoyed it in each format. I didn't notice any of the problems that some said they had with the HFR. I sat right after the first aisle (a little close for some folks' taste) so that the edges of the screen were just outside the field of the 3D glasses. I did the same thing with Avatar back when that came out and try to do that with any 3D movie. I'm definitely farsighted and wear specs for reading, so I wonder if those factors make any difference.
Orius
Unrepentant DM Supremacist
I think Tolkien would have been immensely proud of it.
I'm not certain about that, they did take a few liberties with the book, and The Hobbit always was a much lighter story than LotR. Here things are presented in a much darker tone. In some cases, it is making for a stronger story though, because Tolkien himself added darker elements to the story when he wrote LotR. Some stuff could have been trimmed though, particularly Radagast's introduction in the film (that probably could have been saved for the Director's Cuts). It's still pretty faithful to the overall plot also, where many film adaptations aren't.
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
I'm guessing that scene is important to the other two movies and so needs to be in the theater release.
Agree, hinting / fore-shadowing the spiders mostly.
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