There and back again, for no reason.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 10/08/2016 at 22:59 • Filed to: None

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The hobbit - 320 page book. 8 hour 52 minute movie trilogy

The Lord of the Ring - 3 books, 1600 pages. 11 hour 21 minute movie trilogy

Minutes of movie per page

The Hobbit - 1.66 (1.2 including “ The Appendecies”)

LOTR - .46 (not including “The Appendecies”)

Meaning if you were a fast reader, you could READ The Hobbit in less time than it would take you to watch the movies. You would also feel significantly more satisfied afterwards.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 10/08/2016 at 23:03

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All about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > HammerheadFistpunch 10/08/2016 at 23:22

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The animated movie wasn’t that long lol

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 10/08/2016 at 23:26

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The Hobbit movie is a travesty. They should have said that the story was inspired by Tolkien, not actually by him. He would likely disown it were he alive. I get that they wanted to make it more of a prequel to LOTR by dragging in all the stuff about Sauron returning to Mordor, but it made the whole thing a mess, and the blatant disregard for the actual story was appalling.

All that being said, The Hobbit book is a rather tedious affair, and a particularly slow read. Perhaps Rankin Bass did it the most justice when they condensed the whole thing down into a 90-minute cartoon. After all, Tolkien intended it to be a story for children.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 10/08/2016 at 23:30

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Hobbit cartoon > Hobbit trilogy. The music alone!

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 10/08/2016 at 23:41

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It’s probably been 40 years since I’ve seen that. But I remember that song vividly.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > HammerheadFistpunch 10/08/2016 at 23:59

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Oh man I forgot about that haha

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > HammerheadFistpunch 10/09/2016 at 00:02

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Fuck LOTR for cutting TOM BOMBADIL

for Michigan > ttyymmnn 10/09/2016 at 00:08

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I know how this happened (I’ve seen the director/cast commentary), but I still don’t understand how this happened. They had so many of the right ingredients. It should have been on the same level as the LotR movies.

ttyymmnn > for Michigan 10/09/2016 at 00:23

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Basically, I think they tried to make an action movie out of a children’s story. It’s just ridiculously over the top. I watched the barrel scene the other day and just laughed at how bad and overwrought it is. And CG Legolas just looked awful.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 10/10/2016 at 12:24

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Yeah, like I was saying... :o)

Ttyymmnn’s good people and my go-to when I have a LOTR question.