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Kathleen asked this question about The Hobbit, or There and Back Again:
Who else here was disappointed in the hobbit movies? I thought there was too much CGI and it strayed to much from the book. Reply if you think so too! :)
Jansen I personally really enjoyed the films and the extrapolations they took from Tolkien's other works, besides The Hobbit. The Hobbit book, by itself, wou…moreI personally really enjoyed the films and the extrapolations they took from Tolkien's other works, besides The Hobbit. The Hobbit book, by itself, would not be possible to translate into a film without changing up and adding a few things to make it appeal to the mainstream audience. ("All good stories deserve embellishment") The Hobbit was a children's story, whereas LotR was written for adults. Therefore, the LotR films didn't need "embellishment", and since the filmmakers didn't want to make The Hobbit films for children, they changed things up, creating an engaging story with a deeper study into character and plot.(less)
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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