Poll: Okay, did you like or dislike the Hobbit

[chadachada123]

No options between "really liked it" and "meh"?

Seriously?

I should make a poll about bad poll options...

OT: The movie was pretty good. I didn't REALLY like it, but I liked it. I voted "meh" out of spite, though. I thought that the "tone" of the combat wasn't well-established and shifted a bit too much/quickly, but the story was enjoyable enough. I'm not a huge LotR fan, though, just a little bit interested in it.

 

[Scarim Coral]

It was good but as everyone else said, it's not as good at the LoTR Triliogy which is not a bad thing as you really pin that film to that.
Also it wasn't as bad as some people make it out to be since for one thing, the CGI used in it were justify (It's nowhere near bad to E1-3 Star Wars CGI). I mean most of the foes they had to face (whose the CGI is used on) can't be used played by people under alot of makeup-

Spoiler

That pale orc is huge and we already know that it's a pain to get real actors who are playing different size characters to be in the same scene (e.g. Gandalf and Biblo scene at the start of the Fellowship. Also that scene in that carven with the goblins (is that what they were?) was also justify too since they are too boney and skiny to be played by people under heavy makeup aswell.

I do think it was unnecessary long especially when I read that some scenes were extended/ happened in the film only so they had pretty much padded it out. I dread to think how much stuff they will spread out just to the sake of making two more parts into it (all I can say is that I read the story summary and it doesn't sound that long after the first part had ended).

 

[StashAugustine]

Better than I expected, but I had low expectations. I'm one of those unpleaseable fans of the book who nitpicked the hell out of the original movies, though.

 

[Laughing Man]

I liked it, didn't feel long at all given the shortness of the book and the fact they stretched it to three movies in stead of two. The feel of the movie took a while to get in to. That was more likely to having gone several years without seeing an LOTR in the cinema but after ten minutes or so it seemed to slot in to place. The tone of the movie felt a whole lot lighter than the LOTR but given the source material that was to be expected and if I was to complain about anything it would be the slight in consistant CGI.

I am lead to believe the ORCS in this movie are full CGI rather than actors in make up like in LOTR. If that was the case then I couldn't tell but on the other hand some CGI just looked rubbish, the plate throwing stuff near the start and I think so far everyone has complained about Gandalf and the Dwarves on that collapsing bridge.

 

[Pinkamena]

So the poll goes from "Really good" to "meh" with nothing in-between?

I thought it was good, but not amazing. I had a few issues with it.

 

[deathbydeath]

lol broken poll. You do know that there's a difference between "really good" and "meh", right?

Anyway, I thought it was good, mainly to how damned wonderful the thing is as eye candy. The acting was wonderful, the sets were inspired, and I admired the choreography.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Loved it. I felt that Radaghast should have been left out or at least delayed until the next movie when they actually get to Mirkwood, but apart from that I loved it.

 

[Goofguy]

Personally, I really enjoyed the movie despite the liberties Jackson and his team took with the lore.

Spoiler

I'm looking forward to seeing Billy Connolly portray Dain in the upcoming movie(s), too bad they stripped the character of his most famous achievement (slaying Azog before the gates of Moria)

 

[Ickorus]

I watched it twice, that should give you an idea of just how much I liked it.

 

[Fuzzed]

They're gonna milk that franchise to death

 

[Supertegwyn]

I loved it. Absolutely wonderful in all aspects.

9.75/10

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Pretty good, most of the issues were due to the movie sticking to the Hobbit book than anything else.

 

[Vandenberg1]

I found the movie to be painfully PG-13, much to its detriment, most of the humor to be really uncreative and often cringeworthy, I found the winky-nudgy dialogue and real-world references to be completely out of place and painful to watch, and the film overall to be really padded thanks no doubt to their decision to further split the material.

That's what I'm worried about. Most writing I see in films and TV shows is very cringe worthy these days, especially the real world references.

I'll see it eventually, but not in the cinemas.

You do know it's a childrens story? Youy need to see DJANGO. Best movie, in terms of writing and action, of the year!

 

[Nazulu]

I found the movie to be painfully PG-13, much to its detriment, most of the humor to be really uncreative and often cringeworthy, I found the winky-nudgy dialogue and real-world references to be completely out of place and painful to watch, and the film overall to be really padded thanks no doubt to their decision to further split the material.

That's what I'm worried about. Most writing I see in films and TV shows is very cringe worthy these days, especially the real world references.

I'll see it eventually, but not in the cinemas.

You do know it's a childrens story? Youy need to see DJANGO. Best movie, in terms of writing and action, of the year!

*sigh*

You do know that just because it's a childrens story doesn't excuse poor writing and shit jokes, right?

Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll look into DJANGO right now.

 

[ungothicdove]

I wanted to love it. But I didn't like ROTK either. Loved the book and I realize that the book had a much less serious tone but it just didn't click for me. Three movies will be excessive in my opinion. As of now Fellowship is still my favorite movie in the LOTR universe.

 

[Uhura]

Went to see it today and I was definitely disappointed. I found the movie way too long and the humor in it didn't work for me at all. I wish they had fleshed out the characters more and spent less time with the action scenes (Radagast & the Stone-giants). I liked Thorin & the scenery and... I don't know. I didn't hate it but it was just really meh.
5/10

 

[Olas]

I cringed at the pointless scene involving the rock giants..

What was pointless about it? It is an action take on the books version of it, the giants were throwing rocks at each other and they all wanted to get to cover because of the giants and the lightning.

Like oh so many things in this movie, it was there just because it could be. Peter Jackson needed to find things to pad out 2.5 hours of movie for no reason. If the rock monsters were important to the story, or added something unique to it I'd be fine with it, but so much of this movie felt like a carnival ride moving from one CG spectacle to another.

 

[Orange12345]

I really liked it.

Seeing the the party, the trolls and the riddle game come to life was worth the price of admission.

 

[Uszi]

What I heard before I went in, and what I would tell others is that you shouldn't go into it expecting the same kind of movie as the original LotR films. The Hobbit is and should be treated as its own thing.

I think on it's own merits, not compared directly to the other movies, it's pretty good. A little long, the beginning is a little slow, and I wish they weren't drawing it out to 3 movies, but it's still pretty good.

 

[Sanat]

It was easily the best movie I've seen in a long time. I'm a huge, huge LoTR fan however.

I loved the length, it gave it a satisfying amount of depth and backstory, I loved the actors, I loved the screenplay (PJ is fantastic), I loved the score (a fantastic addition to the LoTR sountrack as a whole) and, maybe my favourite part because it may herald a new age in cinema; I loved the 48FPS 3D. It was, using the word correctly, awesomely crisp. I was slack-jawed at many occasions, and revelled in its glory for nigh on the whole entire movie.
Even the huge use of CGI was done satisfactorily, as The Hobbit has a far more fanciful and legendary air to it than LoTR. I'm seriously looking forward to the second installment.

And that ending was just incredible.