Subject: Oh, I do enjoy the way the movies...
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Posted on: 2022-04-22 13:05:31 UTC
fleshed out the Dwarves and gave Thorin's quest a bit more nuance than what was in the books. Not as much of a fan of the timeline and geographical compressions needed to make the Dol Guldur subplot work, but I sort of understand why they did it in terms of setting it up as prequel to LotR for casual viewers who aren't steeped in the books. Also not a fan of the overemphasis on Legolas and the overreliance on CGI, but some of the content was put in through studio meddling :P
The original LotR movies were a work of love and it really shows; the Hobbit movies were trying to capture that, but the studio really messed up the heart of those movies -- but there's still a lot of good in there, and I do enjoy the first and second Hobbit films because of the additional depth they brought to Thorin and Company. Especially adding an arc to the Thorin and Bilbo relationship.