I'm glad you saw The Hobbit (I saw it in 2-D also, I was afraid I'd get motion sickness from the 3-D) just because: 1. it was pretty to look at 2. it had a great cast Like you I felt it was too long and needed editing, and the rock throwing rock giants were ridiculous and out of place (but I really enjoyed Radagast the Brown, and his rabbit sled).
I do feel that Jackson is being ridiculous by dragging out the story to give foreshadowing of events already covered in depth in LotR (is he hoping to rerelease that trilogy in 3-D? Oh, wait... he probably is! *sigh*). Audiences are being abused and exploited IMO.
BUT I still think it is worth it to get to see Martin Freeman as Bilbo (I totally want to live at Bag End with him). I actually enjoy the movie more as I look back at it over the last week than I did when I was actually watching it (but I won't ever buy the DVDs).
Other obscure Christmas movies: *Trading Places (remember the drunken antics of Dan Aykroyd in the Santa suit? *Lady and the Tramp (well, it ends on Christmas day... and I think it started that day too...) *Home Before Dark (1958 melodrama w/Jean Simmons set in New England... a big favorite of mine, but just comes to a climax around Christmas... it isn't 'Christmasy' as such).
I like movies set around Christmas without using the holiday as a miracle or a solution or really much of anything besides a time of year for family & parties....
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Date: 2012-12-24 12:52 am (UTC)1. it was pretty to look at
2. it had a great cast
Like you I felt it was too long and needed editing, and the rock throwing rock giants were ridiculous and out of place (but I really enjoyed Radagast the Brown, and his rabbit sled).
I do feel that Jackson is being ridiculous by dragging out the story to give foreshadowing of events already covered in depth in LotR (is he hoping to rerelease that trilogy in 3-D? Oh, wait... he probably is! *sigh*). Audiences are being abused and exploited IMO.
BUT I still think it is worth it to get to see Martin Freeman as Bilbo (I totally want to live at Bag End with him). I actually enjoy the movie more as I look back at it over the last week than I did when I was actually watching it (but I won't ever buy the DVDs).
Other obscure Christmas movies:
*Trading Places (remember the drunken antics of Dan Aykroyd in the Santa suit?
*Lady and the Tramp (well, it ends on Christmas day... and I think it started that day too...)
*Home Before Dark (1958 melodrama w/Jean Simmons set in New England... a big favorite of mine, but just comes to a climax around Christmas... it isn't 'Christmasy' as such).
I like movies set around Christmas without using the holiday as a miracle or a solution or really much of anything besides a time of year for family & parties....