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The Hobbit is no doubt going to be a huge smash around the world, it being the concluding movie in the Hobbit Trilogy. In the initial reviews on RottenTomatoes, it has a 71% rating but that rating will change once more people have seen it. The initial reviews seem to suggest that it is a movie that is the closest to the actual book, which was my favourite book of my youth, having read it at the age of 12 and being enthralled at the wonders of the worlds Tolkien created. I would not be surprised to see the rating being higher than that, but I cannot say that I was enthralled by it. Partially because I think that one book being turned into three movies is way too much, and so there is much less to tell and partially because it was non-stop battles from start to finish. I did not feel like it was that there was much else to the movie, and to watch a variety of orcs, goblins, etc having their heads chopped off for two hours can become a bit wearisome. Watching it of course in 3D makes it somewhat better, but it is not a movie that I found to have much substance. A review which I have read on RottenTomaties, which I probably identify the most was the following, “It comes across like a very impressive video game … it is hard to get worked up about any of it.”
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Thursday 18-Dec-14
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Jade said:
on Monday 05-Jan-15 08:22 AM
I read the full Lord of the Rings Trilogy & the Hobbit when I was growing up. I loved the books and I love the movies. I really enjoyed the third movie .
Safia said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 11:17 AM
it is for children and may be early teens. hopefully it will inspire kids to read the book which would be more useful but there is little hope that they will do as so many of them are only prepared to be watchers not readers.
Brenda Du Toit said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 11:01 AM
I am not really into these types of movies. I am more into Horror Movies
Elektra said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 09:41 AM
These are not my type of movies I enjoy watching. Once is enough and I have no desire to watch it again. Its just like an ongoing war that never ends and that's the movie.
Sarah said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 09:19 AM
I am not really into these types of movies.
Nicolle said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 08:42 AM
The Hobbit! This was the first novel that I read by J.R.R Tolkein. I was about 12 years old and I still remember thinking that "This is what real bravery and friendship is all about". The novel engages with your sense of fantasy, wonder and adventure. It cultivates your imagination as well as your vocabulary. I have found the films impressive, perhaps only because I can relate it to childhood memories.
Marisa said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 08:28 AM
I am not so crazy about these kind of movies, I am more into Horrors and comedy.. but I'm sure it will be a good movie
Clare said:
on Thursday 18-Dec-14 08:22 AM
I love these types of movies but my question to most of the movies it why make them now?? This movie should of been made before the The Lord of The Ring came out. really
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