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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
How can anyone (LOTR and fantasy fans anyway) not like this? I think it is fantastic.
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I am a huge fan. The hobbit is the first real book i remember being given (that wasnt a childs book) and reading and kicked of my life as a massive book nerd.
The writing, pacing and story is just terrible. The story is both rushed, but also painfully shallow and slow. Which is a feat of writing on its own.
I am wondering if its a matter of people wearing rose colored glasses because of LOTR nostalgia?
I went in with an open mind and low expectations and am leaving disappointed and hollow. Haha.
It is just terribly written. There is no one to cheer for. Every character just argues with every character. Every conversation is an argument. And then the Dark Elf releases Arondir to what? Go warn the Humans, give them a message to join him? Why isnt he doing that before he is destroying whole villages of potential followers? What kind of ####ing plot point is that?
And Galadriel acts like a petulant child for someone who is hundreds of years old. Like seriously.
I cannot believe this is what a billion dollars worth of writing gets you.
Blech.