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Awesome. But I haven't seen the movie yet
I haven't seen the movies or read the books
You have not read the book!
I've never known anyone that hasn't watched/read The Hobbit.
Tyler wrote: "Awesome. But I haven't seen the movie yet"Parts 1 & 2 were better than I thought they'd be but I still think the book is better. The movie trilogy concludes this year...the 17th, I think.
I've also seen the Rankin-Bass cartoon version. That one stuck much closer to the book than the Peter Jackson trilogy ever has.
This is a clip of the opening of Rankin-Bass' 1977 animated version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fw0l...
The Rankin Bass one was nice. I thought it went pretty close to the book. The book is a bit light-hearted but some serious stuff does go on it in, regardless. I'll be interested to see the Hobbit movie. I presume they are dramatized more than *fun* fairy-taleish.Am I understanding you rightly? The Hobbit has enough substance for a trilogy? Or are you talk LOTR?
Addendum : My bad, I found the two parts on netflix. Hope it has some good looking men.
Wendy wrote: "The Rankin Bass one was nice. I thought it went pretty close to the book. The book is a bit light-hearted but some serious stuff does go on it in, regardless. I'll be interested to see the Hobbi..."There was a lot of background stuff that was never really explored in any previous version of The Hobbit, even the original novel. So with all the unexplored background materials, there is indeed enough material and substance in the Hobbit for a trilogy of its own, but as far as the way the Dwarves look, I prefer seeing them in my mind's eye when I read the original novel, although I like the fact that THIS Thorin looks like he could play rugby with the head of Jar Jar Binks!
Yes, they are much more dramatic than any sanitized, Disney-style fairy tale movie. As an example, in the 1037 version of SNOW WHITE, her stepmother dies when she falls off a cliff but in the Brothers Grimm version, the evil Queen survives, is invited to her step daughter's wedding and is forced to dance to death in a pair of red hot iron shoes at the reception or whatever it was they called the party afterwards! YIKES!
Yes. There are. Of course the two best looking Elves, IMO, are Elrond and Legolas... . Thorin and his nephews are the best looking Dwarves and then there's Bard...not bad for a single father. ;)
Ooo Legoas. Elrond isn't bad either. I like the look of those Rohan men though. heh heh
Wendy wrote: "Ooo Legoas. Elrond isn't bad either. I like the look of those Rohan men though. heh heh"The Riders of Rohan are NOT involved in The Hobbit. Sorry, Wendy! And you might find this video funny...especially Galadriel's final line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL52R...
Yes, I know. I recall the book. Just reminiscing on the eyecandy of Rohan in LOTR. LOL LOL That rap of the amazons was amazingly funny and creative. Hehehe KMA and pretend it's your brother! lol
Yeah the Riders were eye candy.My favorite part of the aftermath of that line was the look on the faces of the people playing Luke and Leia... .
Really good book!