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Since nobody has commented on the Hobbit Volume 2, I get the idea that most were not impressed with it. Are we simply tired of the Wingnut empire maxing out on special effects and trumping out story content and character development simply to stretch the story out way beyond its original intent, or is the parallel content warranted in order to contextualize the further development of LOTR.
Personally, I enjoyed The Hobbit volume 2 simply because of the parallel content which fortified the main story line. When I was in my pre-teens (what feels like back in the 2nd age) I would spend hours imagining my involvement in the world of the hobbit, walking alongside Thorin, Balin and Boffer, as we traversed the dark and foreboding forest of Mirkwood, weaseled our way from the captivity of the wood elves, and traversing the lake to sneak into the lair of Smaug. I would spend hours trying to form mental pictures of the world which Tolkien described, imagining the many strange creatures with which we would have to contend.
Simply seeing this world of which I spent so much time in my youth dreaming about, now before me in "living color" (that was still a big thing when I was reading the books) I have found that enchantment once more awakened and stirred through the movies of Middle Earth.
Yet, rather than focusing on the adventures of Bilbo and the dwarves, we are suddenly thrown into the world of the Battle of the Five armies, the precursor to Sauron's return to Mordor, the final defeat of Smaug is to be downplayed as relatively insignificant in the face of the dire consequences of the mustering of goblins and orcs, wargs against Men, and elves.
One thing though, for some reason, Legolas happens to age in reverse. The older he gets the younger he looks. And the younger he is, the older he looks.
So these are some of my thoughts on the Hobbit trilogy, but, what do/did you think, has this middle part of the story inspire you to spend another $20 in the theatre for part '3, or will you wait until it becomes available on NetFlix?
Personally, I enjoyed The Hobbit volume 2 simply because of the parallel content which fortified the main story line. When I was in my pre-teens (what feels like back in the 2nd age) I would spend hours imagining my involvement in the world of the hobbit, walking alongside Thorin, Balin and Boffer, as we traversed the dark and foreboding forest of Mirkwood, weaseled our way from the captivity of the wood elves, and traversing the lake to sneak into the lair of Smaug. I would spend hours trying to form mental pictures of the world which Tolkien described, imagining the many strange creatures with which we would have to contend.
Simply seeing this world of which I spent so much time in my youth dreaming about, now before me in "living color" (that was still a big thing when I was reading the books) I have found that enchantment once more awakened and stirred through the movies of Middle Earth.
Yet, rather than focusing on the adventures of Bilbo and the dwarves, we are suddenly thrown into the world of the Battle of the Five armies, the precursor to Sauron's return to Mordor, the final defeat of Smaug is to be downplayed as relatively insignificant in the face of the dire consequences of the mustering of goblins and orcs, wargs against Men, and elves.
One thing though, for some reason, Legolas happens to age in reverse. The older he gets the younger he looks. And the younger he is, the older he looks.
So these are some of my thoughts on the Hobbit trilogy, but, what do/did you think, has this middle part of the story inspire you to spend another $20 in the theatre for part '3, or will you wait until it becomes available on NetFlix?
