tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post5419642971733335983..comments2023-08-29T04:44:21.191-07:00Comments on Over the Misty Mountains: The Hobbit is the Great Goblin's Neck WattleJeremy Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17072164588443858336noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-40068769580116459142013-01-15T19:10:18.826-08:002013-01-15T19:10:18.826-08:00They should've just put the entire story into ...They should've just put the entire story into a single epic 4-6 hour movie and cut out all the crap. Cant help thinking that the thing being stretched thin (like too little butter over too much bread) was all about money.<br /><br />And the stuff they padded this movie out with were either ridiculous or boring. Rabbit sleds and overly long fighting scenes. Yawn.iluth@icesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737313714285977772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-89241476842784053582012-12-29T07:28:06.914-08:002012-12-29T07:28:06.914-08:00I found this post by googling "hobbit slapsti...I found this post by googling "hobbit slapstick," and it just so happens to perfectly illustrate my issues with the film. It was right around the time that the producers changed "mountain giants" (i.e. giants that live among mountains) into GIANT ANTHROPOMORPHIC MOUNTAINS THEMSELVES that I turned to my girlfriend and said "well, this is just silly."Mr. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08001812207394856170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-75777396074643729012012-12-24T21:32:31.855-08:002012-12-24T21:32:31.855-08:00Um, I'm pretty sure that there was no extended...Um, I'm pretty sure that there was no extended scene of wargs chasing a rabbit-powered sleigh in the Hobbit. In fact, if the rabbit sleigh is in the book at all, it's a passing mention.<br /><br />I'm fairly sure del Toro didn't have anything to do with this movie, but Jackson-spooge is all over the poor thing.Jeremy Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072164588443858336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-8002282912970242202012-12-24T12:12:45.904-08:002012-12-24T12:12:45.904-08:00I think the poster should read the book more caref...I think the poster should read the book more carefully. The rabbit sled is from the book, and when it comed down to it the book is a fairytale written for Tolkein's children. Which is why I agree on one point: that Del Toro should have directed it. You could see Del Toro's hand in the design of the characters and creatures, it just doesn't look right with Jackson putting it together.Aweistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252338166658575651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-31664109523435886222012-12-19T08:25:02.316-08:002012-12-19T08:25:02.316-08:00I didn't hate that first 15 minutes. I like d...I didn't hate that first 15 minutes. I like dwarves, and seeing cool dwarven cities and dragons attacking towns - I'm pretty much into that. But it was the intro to the epic-version of the Hobbit. If that had been the rest of the movie, that would have been fine, but that wasn't what I got.<br /><br />Anyways, there were some good scenes, and the Over the Misty Mountains song had Jeremy Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072164588443858336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-31482208737381137462012-12-19T06:45:25.737-08:002012-12-19T06:45:25.737-08:00I guess I was a little less disappointed. The ton...I guess I was a little less disappointed. The tone didn't bother me so much in trying to be both whimsical and dark, but I agree on the bloat and it needed tighter editing. Though you didn't mention what I saw as the worst of the bloat... the whole first 15 minutes or so of framing story where we have to sit through what looked like crap scenes that were rightfully edited out of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985749207871898668.post-2553134647716229582012-12-18T21:55:58.916-08:002012-12-18T21:55:58.916-08:00I'm in total agreement with you, I found the f...I'm in total agreement with you, I found the film really disappointing for the same reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com