It did seem short to me. I went with a friend who knew NOTHING about it...she goes IT WAS AWESOME! And I was like *whomp* 0_O. I didn't know what to say...I did watch it, I knew I would I had been waiting on it for 2 years!! So my opinion: It was full of action (which I liked) but I had wished there were more adventures in it. Lord of the Rings was more adventurous...but I have to keep reminding myself that this is the prequel and L.O.T.R is what comes after which makes a lot of sense. So to me it felt like only 1 adventure, like 1 setting the entire time. I am glad there are 2 other parts because hopefully that will make up for the emptiness I felt after watching the movie. I want to watch it at least 1 more time to make sure of my opinions maybe in 3D this time.
I look forward to seeing it because I loved the cartoon, seeing it many times as a kid, I kinda had forgot but I saw LOTR: Return Of The King on RCA videodisc , that was the cool 'in' thing when I was a kid
I don't though, oddly enough remember much of it, and, The Hobbit, I watched on VHS and it was what I really remember liking, saw it many times. I've drawn up campaigns Hobbitesque for friends to go through, and, sure, other places, too, inspiration of mine 'given,' came, the Lord leads
, but much of my ruminations came from inspiration from watching The Hobbit....
I love the Smaug the dragon scene, ole Bilbo proves, to me, a much mindful one there, against the charismatic, strong (Dungeons & Dragons character traits, which also was what my campaigns were structurally based off of, conceivably, one can say it led to my mind's conceivings ) treasure hoarder. But, not to give it away , it's just, to me, a great story of one man against a very sinister world, much of it out to get ole Bilbo. I'd a liked to seen him call on God more but, in small ways, I think, Tolkien does a good job of passively showing Christian elements to his stories that could easily be up for discussion in a classroom.
Some imagination needed lent but great battles, especially LOTR big one reflect the way the world could war one day....Just sayin'
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Speaking of the part I boldfaced of your quote, milady...
I look forward to seeing how The Hobbit was done, how they broke up the movie , for the ending of part one. I don't understand how they will take a 1.5 hour cartoon The Hobbit I saw and flesh it out to three hours !
I'm guessing ghe details of the book are quite more laden than the small tteasury of story packed into the animated Hobbit movie.
I think, blindedchicky, that the reason The Hobbit might not seem that adventuresome is that the story starts out with a little adventure that only hardly gets going, even in 3 hours, IF one really takes time to film the story to the word, so to speak. I think, LOTR, is same style, as Peter Jackson, one of the original creators of D&D books, campaigns, btw, starti g out in part one, Fellowship of the Ring, before building in The Two Towers, and, cresting, so to speak, with Return of the King.