The Last Movie You Watched

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
And Soon The Darkness

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

"The Hobbit" was originally a short story and they managed to drag it out to the length of the "Lord of Rings" trilogy which was based on three novels.

Yes I don't like the Hobbit films so far they seem to all show with little substance.

Why he didn't do the Sil Marrillion I don't know.

Actually, 'The Hobbit' began as a novel, not a short story.You're correct, though - there simply isn't enough story for the films.

'The Silmarillion' is unlikely ever to be made into a film, unless it gets battered out of all recognizable shape. Unlike 'The Hobbit' and LOTR, 'The Silmarillion isn't a novel as such - it is a collection loosely connected stories about the First Age. Widely regarded as unfilmable. Additionally, it isn't in the public consciousness the way the other two are. Not a lot of BO potential.

Then again, Peter Jackson is a big enough whore to take a whack at it, so who knows?

Boru

[Marsellus Wallace]

RULE OF MARSELLUS WALLACE

From now on, you post a link to a trailer with the name of the movie.

[IATIA]

Actually, 'The Hobbit' began as a novel, not a short story.You're correct, though - there simply isn't enough story for the films.

I remembered it as being short. I stand corrected however.

It is a little over half the the length of any of the three following books and was originally a children's book. When I first read it, I did not know or think it a children's book.

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[Elskidor]

Actually, 'The Hobbit' began as a novel, not a short story.You're correct, though - there simply isn't enough story for the films.

I remembered it as being short. I stand corrected however.

It is a little over half the the length of any of the three following books and was originally a children's book. When I first read it, I did not know or think it a children's book.

It is a children's book, and that is partially why it has garnered so much controversy. I'm a member of a Tolkien message board and the purists hate the films, but a chunk of them also hate the LotR movies for not following every thing to a"T". There is no pleasing them. But I think PJ did damn great job with the LotR trilogy and I can live without Bombadil, yet I can understand their beef with these newer films. The truth is Tolkien wanted to rewrite The Hobbit to be more mature and help connect the bridge to LotR, but he died before every pursuing it.

I doubt there ever would have been female elf arc, considering how males dominate his work, but he left behind enough information to piece together the events of Dol Guldor to create the sub plot there. I am looking forward to the final Hobbit film, but I remember the sheer excitement and midnight showing of RotK in 2003, and it is absent this go around.

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May I Kill U

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

RULE OF MARSELLUS WALLACE

From now on, you post a link to a trailer with the name of the movie.

What a very, very good rule. It will save everyone the exhausting effort of Googling 'name of film + trailer'. I don't know about you, but when I have to spend the three or four seconds that takes, I have to go lie down on the sofa and shout for someone to bring me a sandwich.

The last three films I watched were The Seven Samurai, Harvey, and Dead Poets Society.

Oh, dear - no links to trailers. Whatever will you do??

Boru

[Marsellus Wallace]

RULE OF MARSELLUS WALLACE

From now on, you post a link to a trailer with the name of the movie.

What a very, very good rule. It will save everyone the exhausting effort of Googling 'name of film + trailer'. I don't know about you, but when I have to spend the three or four seconds that takes, I have to go lie down on the sofa and shout for someone to bring me a sandwich.

The last three films I watched were The Seven Samurai, Harvey, and Dead Poets Society.

Oh, dear - no links to trailers. Whatever will you do??

Boru

Imma get medieval on yo ass .

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