The Hobbit // DVD Review
I wonder why Peter Jackson has decided to… That much? Yes, I guess it would make financial sense to do it that way.
DVD of the Month - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
What? Really? That was the first of THREE films, you say? But there were only three LOTR films, and they’re based on a book each. Bigger books, too. And it’s not as if The Hobbit is a richer or more detailed text. I wonder why Peter Jackson has decided to… Oh, really? That much? Yes, I guess it would make financial sense to do it that way. But that made it feel drawn out and.... Yes, exactly; like the first one-hundred pages of a book cynically bloated to occupy two and a half hours of screen time. That must be why Martin Freeman looked as if he hadn’t quite decided whether he wanted to be in the film or not, but was oblivious to the fact that the cameras were already rolling. And why literally fuck all happens apart from a couple of CGI set pieces, some business with an ugly fellow’s ring and Freeman eventually deciding he may as well be in the film after all.
Yes, it was pretty weak, now I think about it… I know, I know. I’m aware it had big shoes to fill, what with the LOTR films being the distillation of one of the finest works of fantasy literature crafted into three multi-award winning masterpieces, but that doesn’t mean Jackson can get away with this bullsh… Yes, sorry. OK, I’ll give you that; it did look beautiful... Yes, it was mainly scene setting and I’m sure the next two will be better… Yes, I am looking forward to them regardless. Ooh! I hear that Hufflepuff Bumblesquat is in them. Yes, Hufflepuff Bumblesquat. You know, the bloke from Sherlock. No, Bumblesquat. What? Bendysnatch Crumblefunk? You’re just making noises. Hello?... Hello?...
Jay Freeman
