re: The Hobbit Trilogy

I loved each Hobbit movie immensely - saw each one at least twice in the theater and multiple times on DVD. I am a fanboy of the world, though, and would be happy with literally anything that was made in Middle Earth. I even really enjoyed that fan made movie about Aragorn's father from about 10 years ago.

I understand the urge to want to measure this against Lord of the Rings. I think if LOTR had never happened, these movies would be much better received by fans and critics, though the trilogy will still end up grossing over $3 billion at the box office.

The Hobbit was always meant to have a much lighter tone than LOTR. I understood this, but many did not. The dinner scene in the first Hobbit movie is one of my favorite scenes of the trilogy.

I also enjoyed the Star Wars prequels, though, which many did not due entirely, from my point of view, about how they felt about the original trilogy. I though episode 3 was the best out of any of the 6 movies.

I also loved Superman Returns, which many hated, partly because they felt it was not a true Superman movie given the limited action.

I also loved the third Godfather movie even though it clearly was not as good as the first two.

I don't go into movies with preconceived ideas of what it should be based on previous movies ion the series. In fact, if I loved the previous movies, I am far more inclined to love the current movie because of how much I enjoy the universe, mythology, what have you. I could have watched the Hobbits just mill about the Shire for 3 hours and been perfectly content. I guess I just get something different out of these movies than others. Better for me because then I can thoroughly enjoy these epics.