tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post6602698253269810498..comments2024-03-28T03:33:12.337-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Flick Pick: The Hobbit- The Battle Of The Five ArmiesAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-69279215789222926522014-01-15T00:28:46.277-08:002014-01-15T00:28:46.277-08:00Even a long movie is maybe 180 widely spaced pages...Even a long movie is maybe 180 widely spaced pages of dialogue (@1 min/page), which equates to barely 60 pages of a novel. FoTR runs 300 or so pages. So eighty percent of any such novel is going to wind up on the floor, and Tolkien wasn't writing a screenplay, he was writing a novel. Jackson got that, and filled in the gaps with visual storytelling, and new story patches to transition the necessary jumps. Whiny purists seldom comprehend that. It's like trying to teach engineering to three-year-olds. And ultimately, the box office shut the critics up. Coincidentally, Jackson also, as you noted, managed to remain faithful to the story without trying to recreate what would have been a 72-hour epic Bataan Death March hobbit marathon movie. Let alone times three. Or six.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-78818760056511707332014-01-14T15:53:05.978-08:002014-01-14T15:53:05.978-08:00I've read where critics had a number of negati...I've read where critics had a number of negative things to say about the first Hobbit movie. I thought it was good. When I see a movie based on a book that is well known to me, I want them to tell the story from the book. I know movies have to be done differently from books, but for me it doesn't have to be non-stop action. Just make the book come to life.Paul Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748992238408175884noreply@blogger.com