[GreenLantern]

Starting in December I re watched LOTR and then followed it up with The Hobbit trilogy.

Man did those LOTR movies ever hold up well. There are a few scenes that you're like ya ok that aged, but overall the look and feel of those movies is as good today as it was back then.

Then I got to The Hobbit, which I hadn't re watched since they came out initially. I actually felt like the first one was really good. I liked the second one. The third one is a mess. But one constant in it was Martin Freeman. He did such a good job as Bilbo.

I also felt my first play through all the side stuff from the expanded lore with the quests to Dol Guldur were a waste of time. But having just come off watching the LOTR trilogy it actually was great context, and a convenient way to bring back some beloved characters and give them a bigger role.

I also felt like the Dwarves were very generic in the first watch, but this time through I was actually able to pick them out more and remember actually who is who.

Overall I think The Hobbit movies were better than I initially thought they were, and quite enjoyed this session. I also understand there is a whole part of the documentary talking about how LOTR had years of pre production before a camera was even turned on. Where as The Hobbit was literally being re written as it was shot.

One producer described it as laying the tracks as the train is moving. I wonder what he could have accomplished with the proper time frame and resources like he had with LOTR. Pretty impressive given the situation he was in.