Peter Jackson had so much time to prepare for the original trilogy, where as he took over the Hobbit movies quite soon before they were scheduled to shoot and he couldn't use the preparation the previous director had done.

So he had no time to prepare and basically had to wing it with 3 movies and little to no prep.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I liked the hobbit movies, but I'm not going to argue that they were good. I even reread the book in preparation. The movie hit all of the points I was curious to see illustrated visually. I thought the new characters ramped up the tension nicely, and the barrel scene was genuinely joyous. I was also glad the singing was such a big part of the theming, including the wonderful opening, where Bilbo is beset by the Dwarfs and has to host them against his will.

Anyway, I'm not saying I'm right, or that my view is objective, but I enjoyed all of Peter Jackson's Tolkien movies more than I thought I ever would. Clear evidence that we don't live in the darkest timeline, at least.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, the added characters and the barrel scene are exactly (some of) the reasons why I don't like the movies and IMO symptoms for why they're bad.

Unnecessary and don't fit well into the story, they feel tacked on and seem to be there mostly to make the movies more appealing to an action audience.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've never met anyone IRL or even online who shared my opinion, so I'd say you're very much in the majority with that opinion.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, now you have. The Hobbit is a silly, whimsical, and fun book. The barrels are awesome. I also like the singing and the dwarves giving Bilbo anxiety. My biggest gripe with the movies was that elf who romances a dwarf, I thought that plotline was boring.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

We are same 🫂

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I would say my only gripe with the barrel scene is that CGI characters don't age well and the animation seems weird these days but even the LOTR trilogy has many scenes that look bad to my eyes (lighting is weird, characters look too "clean"...)

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Can't judge that assessment but often enough I feel that I dislike the hobbit movies even more than most, so maybe we're both not quite the mainstream.

[–] Glemek@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

That lack of time is a direct result of studio meddling. The studios pushed Guillermo del Toro out, threatened Peter Jackson with removing the production from New Zealand to force him into coming on as director, and tried to force him to keep to a similar timetable as the GDT production.