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   BlackKnight15 said, 4 months ago

   haven’t seen it. Sorry Roy.
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   Paul Smith said, 4 months ago

   I won’t see it, sorry Roy.
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago

   The Book or movie? Since I´m honestly not going to waste time on the movie either.
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   herdleader1953 said, 4 months ago

   The movie was good. Really enjoyed it and will buy it when it comes out on DVD. Looking forward to the next two episodes.
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   simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago

   Long yes. Boring, hardly.
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   Sportymonk said, 4 months ago

   The book was much better, (usually is). The trolls and dwarfs in my minds eye were much more fierce than any movie could ever be.
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   Leo Autodidact said, 4 months ago

   @Sportymonk

   That’s always the way . . .

   I’ve often used the metaphor of a Mountain when explaining how a “Good” Movie of a book works. You see the Book looks at the Mountain from this side, and a Good Movie looks at it from that side; but both are looking at the SAME Mountain.

   A BAD Movie is looking at a DIFFERENT Mountain. (Like Will Smith’s “I Robot”)
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   hltrim52 said, 4 months ago

   Haven’t seen it, not going to see it.
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   Bakumanfan said, 4 months ago

   I loved it
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    Larry said, 4 months ago

    i’ve got a dvd of the original “The Hobbit” animated. it’s pretty good.
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    vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago

    there are long and boring movies out there. twilight series, warren beatty’s red, fanny and alexander, woody allen’s manhattan, an unmarried woman, etc…
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    rshive said, 4 months ago

    Looks like it’s going to take more than water to revive Roy.
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 4 months ago

    @Tue Elung-Jensen

    Nobody would say that about the book. A common critique f the movie is that IT’S long where the book was short.
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 4 months ago

    @Leo Autodidact

    Good Metaphor.
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 4 months ago

    I actually liked it. Saw it twice. The 3D was fun but unnecessary. What I find is that- while movies sometimes tell the story differently from the book- those changes aren’t always wrong. Sometimes they’re valid- in terms of telling a story on film. Not everything that works in book CAN work on film. And yes, there are always things I might have done differently from what the director did. But in the end, I remind myself: It’s not a replacement for the book. It’s a movie BASED on the book. No more, no less.
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