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I’m rereading the book for the first time since childhood. They retconned all of Thorin’s character traits and Bilbo did not play for time to save them from the trolls.
Yeah, there’s lot of good stuff there, some scenes are absolutely beautiful, and I enjoy them enough to rewatch every couple years, but they’re absolutely garbage in how they respect the source material
Also yeah, it feels stretched, and it also feels like it’s not the story I want to hear
Also a little afterthought. I’ve been reading hobbit again after very long time, now to my daughter, and some of the scenes from the books just don’t translate to the big picture at all. Some of the stupid ass jokes only linguist could have imagined, and that we love so much, such as the “good morning” -scene or “eleventy-one” from LotR just doesn’t give you the smile it deserves.
Some other scenes, like “I am no man” in RotK when Eowyn kills the Witch King just loses all it’s glory when it’s shortened into a short jest that fits into a movie
I’ll leave the last one here for those who don’t remember or haven’t read the books (yet!)
Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!"
Then Merry heard in all sounds of the hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel.
“But no living man am I! You are looking upon a woman. Eowyn am I, Eomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
The winged creature screamed at her, but then the Ringwraith was silent, as if in sudden doubt. Very amazement for a moment conquered Merry’s fear. He opened his eyes and the blackness was lifted from them. There some paces from him sat the great beast, and all seemed dark about it, and above it loomed the Nazgul Lord like a shadow of despair. A little to the left facing them stood whom he had called Dernhelm. But the helm of her secrecy had fallen from her, and and her bright hair, released from its bonds, gleamed with pale gold upon her shoulders. Her eyes grey as the sea were hard and fell, and yet tears gleamed in them. A sword was in her hand, and she raised her shield against the horror of her enemy’s eyes.
Basically the main character is the sole survivor in a word of vampiresque monsters. He tries a bit to find a cure while strugging with intense loneliness. During the night he hides in his fortified house. By day, he goes out and hunts them as they sleep. At the end of the book he is captures and put on trial for his heinous acts. They arent monsters really, its a new society, and he is their boogeyman, killing inocent people while they slept. He is the monster. In this new world he will become a legend of old, the monster in the day.
The ending to the book is one of the best reveals I’ve read/watched. The movie discarding it was such a huge disservice.
On this topic: The Hobbit movies.
What the fuck?
I’m rereading the book for the first time since childhood. They retconned all of Thorin’s character traits and Bilbo did not play for time to save them from the trolls.
It’s frustrating.
The animated Hobbit movie is infinitely better than the live action abominations the studio created.
The animated are undeniably better than than the entire series, just based on music alone.
Hobbit movies in general were stupid with how much they padded the story
There’s a good movie in there, spread thinly over three. Like butter scraped over too much bread…
Yeah, there’s lot of good stuff there, some scenes are absolutely beautiful, and I enjoy them enough to rewatch every couple years, but they’re absolutely garbage in how they respect the source material
Also yeah, it feels stretched, and it also feels like it’s not the story I want to hear
Also a little afterthought. I’ve been reading hobbit again after very long time, now to my daughter, and some of the scenes from the books just don’t translate to the big picture at all. Some of the stupid ass jokes only linguist could have imagined, and that we love so much, such as the “good morning” -scene or “eleventy-one” from LotR just doesn’t give you the smile it deserves.
Some other scenes, like “I am no man” in RotK when Eowyn kills the Witch King just loses all it’s glory when it’s shortened into a short jest that fits into a movie
I’ll leave the last one here for those who don’t remember or haven’t read the books (yet!)
Please spoil me, I have neither read the book or watched this movie.
spoiler
Basically the main character is the sole survivor in a word of vampiresque monsters. He tries a bit to find a cure while strugging with intense loneliness. During the night he hides in his fortified house. By day, he goes out and hunts them as they sleep. At the end of the book he is captures and put on trial for his heinous acts. They arent monsters really, its a new society, and he is their boogeyman, killing inocent people while they slept. He is the monster. In this new world he will become a legend of old, the monster in the day.
I’d suggest reading it instead. It’s pretty short (130 pages depending on printing) and a good read.