Usually I'd probably be annoyed, I always thought the Hobbit made up 2 decent movies, there, and back again almost. But then I have to remember, this is The Hobbit, the story will never be told again in my lifetime, and it's my favorite story/book. Same goes for LOTR really - it might be 3 long movies, it might bang on a bit, but it's LOTR. Personally, I feel privileged that I'll get to watch these movies, because even just 1/3rd of the trilogy is more important than any other film released in the last... well since the LOTR trilogy. I'm not a die-hard Tolkien fan, but even I can see that.
I mean, is anyone sitting saying - damn, 3 movies - that's just too much, I will give them a miss, and watch Twilight instead?
No, not unless your a teenage girl. We know that the movies won't be perfect, we know they're being dragged out to increase the turnover - but I really don't care, as long as I get to see an awesome Hobbit movie trilogy... and I'm what most people would call hyper-negative about these things. In my old age, I appreciate things like this and I can forgive a lot where such high quality is being addressed.
For example, I really liked the last series of LOST - the final episode was cool, frankly I don't see what a lot of the complaints were about - as far as I could see, there was no more effective way of wrapping things up. This viewpoint is tainted, although tainted might be the wrong word - this viewpoint is influenced by the knowledge that it's unlikely that I'll ever see another series like LOST, ever. That's the future for us... not bigger and better and any of that crap that we just don't see - it's about nobody ever making movies or TV series as ambitious as LOTR, or LOST, or anything. Modern broadcasting won't allow anything to mature these days, it has to be a guarantee'd hit, and The Hobbit is really one of the last guaranteed hits there is.
I like the Riddick movies, where is Riddick3? - stuck in studio funding limbo. Now, people like us, people who don't expect the earth, we just expect that our favorite things are somewhat protected - well we've shut ourselves up into a corner. People who decide the fate of TV shows can't hear us, they can only hear advertising revenue coins dropping.
Isn't this a big problem?, is anyone else worried that everything cool in this world is continually temporary, because we don't do enough of a song and dance. That's why Firefly got shut down, yet it was amazing, and had a big following - unfortunately our generation doesn't spend enough money on energy drinks and mobile phones, so they tear down our shit every time. I'd consider starting a revolution - if only I could decide to revolt against the government or the media or facebook or the corporations or banks or what.
Anyway, sorry to ramble, hope nobody was daft enough to read that... The Hobbit, is a testimony to good taste and I'm greatly looking forward to it, I'm looking forward to sharing it with members of my family and friends who just won't read the book, it'll be awesome - they can milk me for all I'm worth if it somehow encourages people to make stuff like that. What other option do we have! - Hell, does uncle Peter want me to pay admission for the other 2 movies when watching part 1 - that is no problem! - they should sell trilogy tickets for these things, it's a non-optional movie trilogy after all.
