Comments on: Part 2 Of ‘The Hobbit’ Entitled ‘The Desolation of Smaug,’ Part 3 Dated For July 18th, 2014 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/ Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: J https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/#comment-116329 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-251264/#comment-116329 Dissappointed…played the game (the Hobbit-pc) to get an ending. I mean really…another 20 minutes and this could have had a good ending. SO SICK OF HOLLY-WOODS NEED TO EXTEND MOVIES BEYOND THE STORY!

]]> By: Rich https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/#comment-116330 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-251264/#comment-116330 Clearly the author has never read the book. 'The Desolation of Smaug' is referenced directly from the maps which Tolkien drew for the book. It is absolutely appropriate as a title.

For what it's worth I generally feel that film adaptations of books massively cut too much from the original material to squeeze it into the limitations of the movie format. A film-maker giving himself space to do the book justice strikes me as being an entirely sound approach. At least I probably won't walk away from the movie feeling short-changed that the book has been disrespected.

]]> By: Random Comments https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/#comment-116331 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-251264/#comment-116331 It should be "The Hobbit: The Road Goes Ever On," because then the titles flow together.

]]> By: Stranger https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/#comment-116332 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-251264/#comment-116332 Jackson might have shot himself in the foot because a large portion of his built-in audience are not especially receptive to this kind of editing and amending and as he proceeds will likely become even more hostile to it, but these films should do well because they are a well-tested (albeit in this fast-paced ever-changing climate of the blockbuster culture, somewhat elderly) brand and WB will spend a lot of money putting these out there, and the core fanbase, the kind of audience who give this kind of franchise longevity instead of rejecting it will likely, as with the Star Wars prequels, complain loudly about every aspect of the production but instead of voting with their wallets will inexplicably eat it up and beg for more.

Personally, I am not looking forward to seeing what kind of gluttonous revisions Jackson will need to make to inflate a taught simple story into a such needlessly long adaptation. Gross.

]]> By: 78c https://staging2.theplaylist.net/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-20120901/#comment-116333 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/part-2-of-the-hobbit-entitled-the-desolation-of-smaug-part-3-dated-for-july-18th-2014-251264/#comment-116333 I feel breaking The Hobbit into parts was a really bad idea from the start. Wikipedia has the 1st edition as 310 pages. It should have been kept to three hours.

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