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I’m waiting for Jackson to release the box set.
Not interested?????
Gimme more info!!!
I’m a big Tolkien fan. I’ll move along now.
I went to see it last week. They tell me it’s going to be over soon.
I thought the extended versions of The Lord of the Rings were good, they included scenes from the book, but it seemed to me, the Extended version of The Hobbit included Jackson’s own scenes. Does this one add from the book?
Throughout the movie, Thorin is portrayed as being a bit un-hinged, and the belief that his father still lives is part of that portrayal; but, this piece of the movie, Thrain alive at Dol Gul Dor, shows that Thorin, may in fact, be sensing that his father still lives.
Most of the extra stuff is just dialogue that was cut out and is now back into the film; but, the segment with Thrain is long enough that it makes a difference in the film. IMHO
I’d be interested if Jackson REMOVED an hour of footage from the movie instead of ADDING more. Then it would be much more faithful to the novel. He is padding the trilogy way too much and a two hour Desolation of Smaug would be a far more enjoyable movie. The theatrical version dragged.
The Hobbit was the first book I ever read just for fun.
I went to high school only opening a book when I had to. I was amazed at how much I enjoyed it, and spent the next couple of years reading everything I had ever hear of but never read.
If not for Tolkien I would never be where I am today (college, engineer, highly paid computer god)
Watched this last night with the Mrs. Very fun. Much new stuff. Was nearly like watching it for the first time.