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Originally Posted by Itse
Oh god, so Hobbit is a classic now? It's a classic children's book, which essentially means "enduringly popular". Don't get me wrong, I quite enjoyed it when I first read it at about 9 years old, and has some good stuff in it, but having read it at a later age (as expected from a LotR fan), it's hardly a great piece of literature.
Also; as entertainment Thor 2 was much better than any of the Tolkien films (even if the multidimensional end-fight would probably have benefitted from being rethought once more from the start.)
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The Hobbit story is classic, yes. The movies are not quite. But what I'm saying is even a super budgeted, over saturated and highly animated take on the Hobbit which in its latest instalment has actually made quite a jump, is superior to what Marvel has pumped out this year, in it's same old same old popcorn flicks that have good entertainment value but don't provide any kind of storytelling that I'd consider nearly as imaginative or great as Tolkein's work. While this Hobbit adaptation is again (but a little less) diluted, Jackson obviously set out to break barriers by putting the most menacing and visually stunning version of Smaug onscreen as he could. And just as he broke barriers with Gollum, he did again here with flying colours. And it worked extremely well in the film's favor I must say.
As for Marvel, well Iron Man 3 was even a slight step DOWN from 2 (which by all accounts was a notable step down from the first). Thor 2 was a complete rehash of Thor 1 with a little more Loki in it cause of popular demand. Their movies never really try to break any boundaries but stick to the same old formula that gets people out, mildly amuses and entertains them for 2 hours with a few good shots of their heroes swinging around kicking ass, but doesn't really try to do more than that. Very formulaic. And honestly I just can't put the source material in the same "fantastical" realm as the works of JRR.
If you've preferred this years comic book on screen adaptations to Tolkein adaptation then that's your opinion, but I'll happily agree to disagree there.
As for Mr. Superior Taste above saying that Godzilla, Hobbit, and the newest HG are poor choices to rave about, what are your oh so much better suggestions then? Please divulge for all of us.
I sure hope it's at least better than Itze's.
Oh, and Rush is my favourite movie of the year to this point, if that helps my case in your mindset.....