The Hobbit, you ever read it?

[Torrasque]

I loved all the LOTR books, so of course I read The Hobbit. I even read Silmarillion a half year ago (spoiler: don't read it, it is boring as fuck).
The LOTR movies were fantastic movies, but compared to the books, they fucking suck. Since The Hobbit should be some kind of The Hobbit + other stuff hybrid, and I get to see more movie-ified versions of great books, I am enthused, but not wet-my-pants "ZOMG THIS WILL BE THE BEST MOVIE EVER".
If they fuck up the character of Thorin or Balin, THEN I will be pissed.

 

[Andrew_C]

when i say "origins" i meant the tale of the necromancer, sorry word jumble. Its explains the bit when gandalf leaves for a bit in mirkwood.

Aah, OK, that part has always interested me. But I fear they are doing it for all the action junkies who loved the battle scenes in the LOTR movies, so it will end up being tedious and achingly prolonged instead of epic.

 

[Rasmus Emilsson]

For those of you that never saw this (which in my mind would be a very few) In December Peter Jackson will be releasing "The Hobbit" Part 1..



Now, there are alot of similarities as well as a whole boatload of differences between it and the Lord of the Rings, including a lack of pretty-face elf who is a huge character in the series...instead you get an army of 13 dwarves with a single hobbit running around with an old gray wizard.

My question is a two parter, mostly because I'm curious...

1) Have you read "The Hobbit"?

2) Whether or not you have read the book, what are your feelings when seeing this trailer?

Personally? I've read the book. It still remains as one of my favorite novels. It's simple, it's adventurous, and it has a bloody dragon at the end. And it doesn't have the excessive amount of detail the Lord of the Rings had...

My feelings on the movie was estatic. I really enjoyed the book and really enjoyed seeing this trailer. I want to see it early, but know fully well I can't. Only major complaint is the actor that plays Thorin Oakenshield is a bit younger than his character (as Thorin was the oldest). But I digress...

Unlike Lord of the Rings, which had to cut a good portion out (Bye bye Tom Bombadil ;., they left the majority of the cast, even adding a few names to the list. A Theory came up that suggested they're combining the original Hobbit with one of the unnamed stories that Tolken left behind, that told us about how Gandalf chose Bilbo to go on an adventure. Because of this, you'll be seeing old, and new faces, maybe even Legolas, though that's not 100% yet.

Yes, i've read The Hobbit, even before I read LoTR. And I think as a book "The Hobbit" is far superior. And I actually like the movie version of LoTR more than the book version. I liked that Frodo was young, and I liked that skipped the first 200 pages of shit.

 

[Berithil]

Psh, have I ever read the hobbit? Of course I've read the hobbit! As for the movie, I've been waiting for this for eight years. This will definitely be a midnight viewing for me, even though I will have to work the next day.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

I read it past month, it was alright. More.. childish than LOTR however. But it was a good book nonetheless.

 

[Extravagance]

1. Yes, of course.

2. I'm glad they're staying fairly true. I didn't mind the bits in the LOTR films that diverged from the books because they were so well done. I just hope Jackson doesn't go for the Big Fight Scene Fantasy Epic thing again because the book really isn't like that.

 

[BiscuitWheels]

My teacher in 5th grade, Mr. Murray, read it to the class. He was also an artist, so we helped him draw a big Hobbit mural on the class wall. That was way back in '85, so my recollection of the book is spotty at best.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Yes, and it was the only book by Tolkein that I could finish.

 

[Soods]

I read it twice before LotR and a few times after that.