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| Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins |
After nearly a decade of waiting,
the much anticipated prequel to the critical acclaimed The Lord of the Rings
Trilogy was released in the winter of last year. Yet despite the incredible
hype this film has received, will this film hold true to the devoted fans that
patiently waited for the much delayed release. I am sad to say no.
Although this film boasts the
same director as the original trilogy, the film has a hard time connecting to
the previous films despite the closeness of the story. It is understandable
that they tried to redevelop the overall atmosphere and ascetics but it is
inexcusable that this film’s graphics fall below the standard set nearly 10
years prior. Plagued throughout the film is bad CGI lazily placed throughout
which often takes away from the movie as a whole.
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| CGI in all its Gruesomeness |
Even with that aside the film didn’t hold the
same weight as its predecessors. Instead of the feeling of a great epic, like
in the originals, you were left waiting for the plot to progress while in the
meantime they rolled yet another pointless flashback highlighting some trivial
fact the audience cared little about. As well, the movie made a determined
point of inserting cameos of the characters from the previous movies even when
though they added very little. In fact, the whole first twenty minutes could
have been cut and there would have been no ill will.
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| Cameo by Elijah Wood (Back) and Ian Holm (Front) |
All in all, this film failed to
reach its lofty expectations. Despite the amount time and resources put into
this film, it is nowhere near the calibre that the previous films maintained.
Well this movie does not fail completely, as it is still a rather enjoyable
experience, I must warn you to lower your expectations. It is unfortunate that
director Peter Jackson allowed this to happen to his much beloved franchise,
but he of all people knows that to have had a better looking movie 10 years ago
is cinema sin.
I'm so glad my brother did't read this, because he totally adored that movie:) I can understand where you're coming from though. I agree that the film may seem kind of drawn out, but I really liked it (I read the book a couple times, so I knew what was happening).
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree on the cameos. I thought they were really dumb and I didn't get what was going on. I can't comment on the cgi, because I know nothing about that, but I don't think it was as awful as you say it is. I haven't seen the original trilogy (shhh don't tell anyone!), but I'm looking forward to the next few Hobbit movies....even though I think three-part movies are ridiculous.
I would have to disagree with you and say this movie is amazing. It seems slow but it fallows true to the book and the beginning of the book is slow. The next two movies will probably be a lot faster running with the killing of Smaug and the battle of the five races. I don’t think this movie should be compared to the Lord of the Rings though. Though it can be seen as a prequel to the trilogy it should really stand on its own with its own trilogy cause the whole plot of the Hobbit has almost nothing to do with the Lord of the Rings: only the ring itself Bilbo’s blade Sting and the parts of the movie made from the other tales Tolkien made for his universe would tie it into the Lord of the Rings. I do agree with you about the cameos, I really didn’t care for them. Personally I prefer Bilbo’s character over Frodo’s and prefer the dwarfs to the men and mer (Elder Scrolls for elven if you didn’t know) races, they are way more comical and fun loving. I also found the Hobbit to be deeper, more comical and less tense then the Lord of the rings movies. The CGI doesn’t look so good cause they had to modify it for the new experimental 3D they were using and new technologies in this field, I know cause I have experience in film and computer animations, are always prone to bugs and not looking the greatest.
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