re: Screw Rotten Tomatoes overall %, what did the M/TV board think of The Hobbit

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I would rate it a 6.5/10

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anticipating the next one

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said no one ever.

I'm just glad you loved it

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7 to a 6.5

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yeah at first i put a 7 because i didnt want you to go on a rant against me but then i had to be honest with myself and put what i really thought. peer pressure almost got me

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that might be the worst review someone has put so far and from anyone I've spoken too

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so because i put what i honestly felt about it and it doesn't match up with what you thought it is a terrible review? it is my opinion you don't have to agree with it.

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I would rate it a 6.5/10

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said no one ever.

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now you are just being dense. as i said i didn't enjoy the beginning but very much enjoyed the ending. i graded the movie as a whole not just the parts i liked. the ending did leave me anticipating the next one.

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Thoughts in the Troll scene?

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i did like it. i liked that the dwarves had bilbo's back and tried to save him. i'm not 100% sure but i dont remember them being that heroic and helpful in that part of the book, not a criticism just trying to recall.

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As with LOTR, these next two will be more actioned packed I would think. Given how much time they spend on the !!!!!!*****SPOILERS*****!!!! killing of Smaug story. END SPOILERS Though it might come in the third, not sure. Also curious to see how they handle Beorn.

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after seeing the flashback to smaug terrorizing and destroying the dwarf kingdom and seeing how monstrous he was at the end i think it would be very anticlimactic to have him killed the way he was in the book. some may be mad if they stray from the text but i would be disappointed if a creature so big and powerful was killed by a little arrow

Haven't read all 8 pages so I'm going in unbiased here. I went in expecting to like it. Enjoyed all of the LOTR films, and I didn't read The Hobbit. Not to go all OT Baller on you, but when I got my 80" TV I rewatched the LOTR movies countless times in HD for the sheer spectacle of it. So I REALLY expected to love The Hobbit in 3D IMAX. I was not disappointed by the viewing experience, but overall I'd give the movie about a 7/10. The whole premise of getting Bilbo to join the quest just seemed unsubstantiated. He doesn't appear to really know crap about Gandalf, and Gandalf never really gives any indication of why Bilbo would be suited to the task. I started out excited, glad to see some old characters introduced quickly, then they lost me with the "dwarves invade Bilbo's house" scene. It dragged on far too long and I didn't find it entertaining at all.
As far as the majority of the movie, the first thing that came to mind was the epic scene in Clerks 2 when Randal describes the LOTR movies. What was The Hobbit about? Walking. It was a long walk to give an excuse to throw in a few effects-laden action scenes.
One thing REALLY bothered me about the dwarves, and that was the inconsistency in their appearance. In general, the hobbits look like hobbits, the orcs look like orcs, the goblins look like goblins, the wizards look like wizards, the elves look like elves...and the dwarves virtually all look different. If you didn't show their size, I couldn't pick more than a half dozen dwarves out of a lineup. Primarily, Thorin did not look dwarf-like at all. It's like they tried to make him look like a shorter Aragorn-type character. Heroic, on the short side, but in no way dwarf-like.
I understand they did a lot of work with Andy Serkis in adding more sensors to increase the number of responsive facial muscles in Gollum to make him appear more life-like. Brilliant work by Serkis, as expected, but I would rather have seen them try to make the eyes more life-like and not so cartoonish.
Another thing that really bothered me was that, when all seems lost, the giant eagles swoop in to save everyone. Hey Gandalf, before we hopped on these ponies for the 500 mile journey, why the f**k didn't you mention you had a flock of giant eagles at your beck and call??? And eagles...if you were going to fly us to safety, in clear view of our mountain destination that is now still 100 miles away, couldn't you have just dropped us off at THAT mountain??? WTF???
I already know the answer to that: we have to stretch a 300 page book out into 9 hours of screen time.
All of that being said, I will most certainly watch it again multiple times on blu-ray or cable. And I will by all means watch the next 2. Better than most popcorn fare, but just a bit less than I expected.

I figured that most of those questions are answered in the book, but I guess when you turn a short book into 3 movies, you are going to leave a lot of unanswered questions in the initial phases - thus you are left with viewers like myself scratching their heads. However, having seen Jackson's work in the LOTR trilogy, he's earned the benefit of the doubt.

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However, having seen Jackson's work in the LOTR trilogy, he's earned the benefit of the doubt.

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This

The 3 movies is bad crowd needs to critique that after all 3 are made.

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I did not enjoy the cartoon character like portrayals of the dwarves

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Agree with this...the scene with them kicking and tossing dishes around Bilbo's house bugged me. It seemed like it was straight out of a cartoon, and took away from their characters IMO.

Also, forgot about the eagles...that bothered me too. They come in and save the day, and then we're still miles and miles away from the mountain where we actually need to be. Didn't make any sense (same thing with LotR). And I'm sure that's answered in the book, but the movies aren't made for bookreaders...they're made (generally speaking) for non-bookreaders. So if you're gonna have something happen like that, you could at least throw in a reason as to why you don't just hop on the eagles and fly to your destination lickity split. A simple like of dialogue could handle that.

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90 percent of the people I've spoke with and reviews didn't think that

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is this really true or just a stat you made up to justify your stance?

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is this really true or just a stat you made up to justify your stance?

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I've spoke to around 15 and only 1 or 2 didn't say they loved it. I just rounded out.

All the message boards and feedback from the fans were excellent.

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the white council was greatness that was the turning point in the movie i was pumped from there on out