What didnt you like about Peter Jackson Hobbit movies?

[Olorgando]

As well you should, because you are essentially correct.
If you can please "All of the people Some of the time..." it becomes exclusive of "some of the people none of the time."
So I would submit the original phrase "all of the people some of the time" is to be stricken... first because it is an impossibility, and second because the truth "some people are never satisfied" is all too evident all around us to ignore.

Dang! I missed that one!
But I should have caught the practical impossibility of any statement starting with "all of the people" - at least outside of hermetically isolated, brainwashed sects, which Abe certainly didn't mean. Makes me wonder why he used such a statement. Not even Hitler, Stalin or Mao managed an "all of the people". And at least those trying to fool the others tend not to be fooled; though their even fooling themselves can never be discounted.

 

[Halasían]

Q: What didn't you like about Peter Jackson Hobbit movies?​

A: The Peter Jackson Hobbit Movies.

↑ In total agreement with this. ↑

It is easier to say what I liked about these movies. . .

• Martin Freeman as Bilbo - He did a wonderful job portraying the younger Bilbo.
• Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield - He did a wonderful job portraying the character.
• The White Council scene. Cate looked much more 'Galadrielish' here than in Lord of the Rings.
• The free movie, food, and drink provided at the theatre for the advance premiere showing of the 1st movie, despite seeing it in the 48fps 3D format.
• The free movie and pizza provided at the advance premiere showing of the 2nd movie.
• The free movie and popcorn at the advance premiere showing of the 3rd movie.
• When the movies were over.
• The fact I spent $0 on these movies. The next time I ever saw any of them was a segment I happened to tune into when it was showing on a free-to-air broadcast channel.

I had to ask myself the question a lot from the middle of the 1st movie onward to the ending of the 3rd movie... Is this a Joke?

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Q: What didn't you like about Peter Jackson Hobbit movies?

I'll spin the wheel and see what comes up...

*Bzzzzzzzzzz.........tick-tick-tick ...* Rafting molten Gold... making it look like they were on a roller coaster or in some waterpark.

 

[Barliman]

My answer: Squint-eyed Southerner bought the first DVD for $1.
While we were watching it I commented that he got ripped off.

 

[Alice]

I didn't like that songs were only in the first movie. I find songs the best part in the book. I didn't like orcs.
I seem to be the only one here who loves those movies. Though the book is much better than any adaptations.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I like the songs too -- and I like the talking eagles. But PJ wanted to make a different story.

 

[Alice]

I like the songs too -- and I like the talking eagles. But PJ wanted to make a different story.

You just didn't understand it.
I liked the dragon. At least he was scary (unlike some illustrations)

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

That's another thing, now that you mention it: Bilbo's conversation with Smaug is a tour de force -- really one of my favorite sections in the book.

 

[Alice]

That's another thing, now that you mention it: Bilbo's conversation with Smaug is a tour de force -- really one of my favorite sections in the book.

Yes. Mine too. In the book, in the animated movie and in those movies.
Hobbit 1977 was great.

 

[TrackerOrc]

I didn't like that songs were only in the first movie. I find songs the best part in the book. I didn't like orcs.
I seem to be the only one here who loves those movies. Though the book is much better than any adaptations.

No, not the only one.
I've got a very relaxed attitude to all the PJ movies, both the Hobbit trilogy and the LoTR movies. I'll relish the new Gollum movie in the same way.
Couldn't tell you how many times I watched the movies in the cinema, or the times I've watched the extended editions on dvd.
The trick is to think of these films almost as PJ's Tolkien fanfic; give him a lot of leeway as to any adherence to the text and let it all wash over you.

I remember i was so hyped when this was new back in maybe 2011 or 2012, it came around that time probably. But then i saw the movie poster... and something was off

THE BEARDS! O_O.
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No full blown beards. I can be ok with the edgy black cloaks as a director take on it, but... removing full blown beards is a unwritten non to do rules. Its like making Elves non tall, it just doesnt add up.
(one example in LOTR movies before this or Hobbit 2003 game by Sierra)
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What did you like or not like about it?

I think PJ said somewhere that he needed to show the Dwarves as individuals; maybe the different styles of beard was one way of dooing this?

They weren't long enough.
Maybe there's a super-extended version out there, waiting for a suitable anniversary release...

 

[Ent]

I didn't like comparing the movies to the books.
It just didn't work.
So I decided on another angle of approach to them.
That worked better.

 

[Maedhros_Nelyafinwë]

Like many people, I didn't like the Tauriel/Kili romance, especially not with it turning into a sort of love triangle with Legolas. I love a good romance, but this was not it. Aside from my personal distaste of the romance, I also agree with the guys on the Prancing Pony Podcast, who pointed out that all Elf/human romances in the books were a big deal, so this Elf/dwarf romance diminishes them. The guys also said there might not even be biological compatibility between Elves and Dwarves. Whereas Elves are actually the same biological species as humans, just taller, stronger, fairer, immortal and all that.

Romance aside though, I actually didn't mind Tauriel's existence. Since this is an adaptation, I didn't expect it to be perfectly accurate to the books, and so I didn't mind the inclusion of a female warrior Elf when I watched the movies.

What I do mind, though, is when Tauriel tries to steal my identity! 😡

 

[Berzelmayr]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Alfrid yet.

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Alfrid yet.

Everyone blotted out the memory of him from their minds.

 

[Deimos]

I've decided that there were some things about the Peej Hobbit Movies I liked....I could describe them on the back of a ticket stub with a blunt crayon.

 

[TrackerOrc]

I've decided that there were some things about the Peej Hobbit Movies I liked....I could describe them on the back of a ticket stub with a blunt crayon.

They must give you massive ticket stubs at your local cinema...

 

[Ais]

Oh, come now...don't be shy.
Tell us what you really disliked about the trilogy 😱🤣😉

Or maybe, just being really mad that he didn't get to do 3 movies per book for TLOTR... we might have had a Bombadil, a better Galadriel, less playing around with Boromir/ Faramir and a better sense of "Elder Days" ... the second and first age..

 

[Tyelkormo the Fair]

Bard's relationship with his children was perhaps the best part of The Desolation of Smaug for me, besides Bilbo's conversation with the Dragon.

 

[Barliman]

Hmmm, I wonder if there's some hidden meaning behind the fact that, of all thread notification emails for this forum, the one for this thread went to my junk folder.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Tauriel, giant worms, extending the series unnecessarily into three movies, romance between whichever dwarf it was and Tauriel (can’t remember, haven’t watched in so long), and I’m sure many other things I can’t think of right now because I don’t mind blocking these movies out of memory.

 

[Halasían]

Q: What didn't you like about Peter Jackson Hobbit movies?

I'll spin the wheel and see what comes up...

*Bzzzzzzzzzz.........tick-tick-tick ...* Rafting molten Gold... making it look like they were on a roller coaster or in some waterpark.