The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Will you read the book before watching the movie?
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Nov 05, 2012 07:24AM
Planning a reread before the first film is released.
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I read the book like, forever ago. So I'm thinking about re-reading it so I remember the story line when i see the movie. I'm really looking forward to it...it comes out right around my birthday, and the director of the film also directed(so I've been told) Lord Of The Rings! My dad, my boyfriend and I are all SOOO EXCITED!
Ive read The Hobbit its my favourite book I love it much more than any other book Ive ever read and doubt I will ever feel anyway different. I'm excited for the Movie as I love Peter Jacksons take on Lord Of The Rings. I'm also a little apprehensive about how it will translate to film I hope he doesn't change it too much as its a little Arkenstone of a Book hehehe
will def read it again before the movie- one of my favs. read the whole series at least 7 or 8 times.
Just finished rereading The Hobbit yesterday. It will make a great movie, if the adaptation is what I hope it is. But the book is simply a great story, the promise of a film adaptation notwithstanding. I might go so far as to say that, in some ways, I like it more than the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Hadn't read the book in 18 years, so I just reread it in anticipation of the movie.
I've read the book many, many times to my classes at school. Maybe now I'll reread it just for me, before I watch the movie. And, while the movie may be really good, in my opinion, it'll never equal the original, where my mind pictured things the way I wanted them!
Really looking forward to the movie, but I don't think I'll read the book again before I see it. I reread it before the last movies came out, so I think it would be my 3rd or maybe 4th time. I don't want to do that.
I already read it several times, but it's been a few years since the last time. I may read it again. I am also wondering how they're turning it into three movies. I was assuming it would be one, as it is so much shorter than any one of the three books in the LoTR trilogy.
I read it many times as a boy, though haven't read Lord of the Rings yet. Planning to read Hobbit again before seeing the movie, and will likely read LotR after that.
I'm seriously considering re-reading The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, not because of the movie, but because I've been hanging out on these discussion boards so much. I'm really enjoying them, and want to re-familarize myself with the stories. My mother read them to me when I was young many times, but I've never read them as an adult. The movie coming out actually makes me hesitant to re-read the books, because I don't want to diminish my enjoyment of the films by constantly comparing them to the book.
Verity wrote: "I have already read The Hobbit, but it has been some time since I read it last, and I like it, so I'll probably read it again before watching the movie.I have high hopes for the movie, which will ..."
READ IT AGAIN!
oh, and yes, I will... again.
Yes, I re-read the book (and the comics too) before december.
Have read it annually since the mid 60s and will do so again before the movie.
I absolutely loved the book and can't wait for the film to be released! enjoyed the book more than I enjoyed the lord of the rings books, however, I was pretty pleased with the LOTR films, and so hope it will be continued in the hobbit :)
Catherine wrote: "Read it, hated it, so no. Probably not." HOW!?
k wrote: "Verity wrote: "I have already read The Hobbit, but it has been some time since I read it last, and I like it, so I'll probably read it again before watching the movie.
I have high hopes for the mov..."
I did. See message 59, therein I rave about the book yet again.
I have high hopes for the mov..."
I did. See message 59, therein I rave about the book yet again.
Verity wrote: "k wrote: "Verity wrote: "I have already read The Hobbit, but it has been some time since I read it last, and I like it, so I'll probably read it again before watching the movie.I have high hopes f..."
Verity wrote: "Just finished rereading The Hobbit yesterday. It will make a great movie, if the adaptation is what I hope it is. But the book is simply a great story, the promise of a film adaptation notwithstand..."<
Be prepared. The book The Hobbit would not take two whole movies to do it justice, let alone three. Jackson is taking material from other Tolkien sources about what is going on in Middle Earth beyond the Dwarven (and Bilbo) trek to Lonely Mountain. He is using that material to flesh out Middle Earth and to expand upon the pretty linear story in the Hobbit (leave pt. A - go thru pts B thru K - pt. L and return). So anyone who loved the Hobbit could be surprised that there is so much in the movies that was never in the Hobbit. If you think of all the movies as the "Middle Earth Story", then I think you'll be ok. Someday, we'll sit and watch the Hobbit trilogy and follow it by the LOTR trilogy and have a pretty complete collection of Tolkien's tales in a lovely cinematic format.
I read "The Hobbit" (several times) and I am certainly NOT going to watch the movie, after what they did to the LOTR.
Nathaniel wrote: "The Lord of the Rings movies, especially The Two Towers and The Return of the King, bear little or no resemblance to the book...."I regard this as a pretty sweeping and inaccurate statement, Nathaniel. "Little or no resemblance" is just snide hyperbole. Just be honest and say you hated it and give your reasons, but if you've read enough around and about the adaptations you'll have realised that no adaption of one work into another medium can be absolutely faithful and that compromises have to be made. We don't have to like them of course.
The simple answer I'd give to the original question is 'No', but I'd probably re-read it after, to see what extra layers of meaning and interpretation the films have tried to add, where they diverge from the text and what justification (if any) they might have for doing so.
I have read The Hobbit at least three times, but am definitely looking forward to the movie(s). Obviously they won't be able to put everything that is in the book in the movie, but it should still be great. If it turns out anything like the Lord of the Rings it should be a masterpiece.
I loved this book. I'm so glad I read it before the movie, because in my experience the book is always better then the movie.
I won't read it again until the release. I have read it twice, I loved it but I'm just too busy studying and reading the Wheel of Time. So, no time.
My policy always stand as "Read before watching". So I always read the book before watching any film if it`s based on a book. As of for this, I read it long ago. So surely I`ll re-read before watching.
No, although I've read it many times over many years. But the movies are always so different that I don't want to be saying "that's not what's supposed to happen!" like I kept saying while watching Jackson's Lord of the Rings (or even Bakshi's).
Yes, I understand!
But I decided to read The Hobbit one last time before viewing the movie because once I see it, I'll have the movie version in my head and reading the book will never be the same again.
But I decided to read The Hobbit one last time before viewing the movie because once I see it, I'll have the movie version in my head and reading the book will never be the same again.
I read the book while in college many years ago. But didn't fully understand it. Anxious to see it on the big screen.
'Been reading it to the kids (I've read it before) ahead of the movie launch. There are parts that, as an author, I just think 'that scene was very well done'.
When each of the Trilogy movies came out, I reread the books, before I went to the movie. I have already started reading the Hobbit and will probably read it again before the movie is released. I have already pre-ordered my tickets for this movie.
I read the hobbit, have yet to read the other books
read the hobbit before the movie
Re-reading it now, but I doubt I'll finish it before Saturday @ 2:00. I'll be watching a film I've been hearing a lot about.
I just got back from watching it. It's very long, a lot longer than the novel really merits, but it was still fun. They've added quite a lot of material you won’t find in the novel. Radagast shows up for a while and there's a fuss made over Dol-Guldur. I assume the Dol-Guldur thread is there to create a plot for the second film. If this is a trilogy then they'll have to get another plot strand from somewhere.There's an Orc villain character i can't remember from the novel. He's a little like Lurtz the orc captain was in The Fellowship of the Ring movie. He seems to provide a villain to focus on.
There's a big fight set-piece in Moria with lots of gobins and an big fat bastard Goblin King and a few crazy gags.
One part of the film i burst out laughing at was a small ‘Total Recall-esque’ goblin creature flailing its way around the cave to deliver a message for the Goblin King. The other moment i laughed aloud at was the appearance of Hugo-MR ANDERSON-Weaving as Elrond. I can’t look at that guy without thinking Matrix.
Martin Freeman more or less pulled it off as Bilbo Baggins. I thought he was great. I can't really imagine anyone else playing the Bilbo role now that i've seen him do it.
All in all it's a fun movie. But i don't see how they can really justify stretching this thing out into a trilogy. They could probably have covered the whole of the novel in one long film. I suppose the makers want to crow-bar as much Tolkein in as possible. The risk is that only the Tolkein nerds will go for all the added material and it'll distract from what is really quite a straight forward adventure story. I don’t see any other way they could film the other Middle Earth history stuff – The Silmarilion is hardly filmable is it - so they might as well get it in now while they have a chance.
Go see it and have some fun, but make sure you use the toilet before it starts.
Sounds good. 8.9 on Internet Movie Database so far, and I've never been disappointed by anything over 8. Nine hours for one small book sounds like a blatant money-making scheme, but whatever, should be going to see it either tonight or tomorrow. Can't wait!
Oh I think they might figure out ways to make even The Silmarillion filmable in the future. More the tale in there about Beren, Luthien, the Silmarills and the rise and fall of Morgoth.
Jason wrote: "I read it many years ago when I was probably too young to really understand everything going on. So, I re-read it over the summer because I've found that once you see a movie you can never read the..."Having watched the film earlier this week, I decided to reread the book. Regarding the rereading of the book being influenced by the film: I did not find this a problem because the film deviates quite a lot from the original book. Also The Hobbit was written as a children's book and the film is not targeted at the same audience, so you immediately have complete different tones for the two texts.
According to a review I read on The Economist website, the movie makes use of material from the appendix of Lord of the Rings, so I will probably read this material before seeing the movie.
For the record, the reviewer did not like this inclusion of material from beyond the core story of the The Hobbit. But I am looking forward to it.
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For the record, the reviewer did not like this inclusion of material from beyond the core story of the The Hobbit. But I am looking forward to it.
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i always read a book b4 i watch a movie , i like to read and visualise myself b4 im shown what someone else thinks but i also like to watch the films to get a different point of view
Unfortunately in the case of The Hobbit re-reading the book can actually distract from the film. I loved the film, but after re-reading the book I saw the differences (and also where the dialogue was lifted straight from the book).
they put in history from another book by J.R.R tolkien
I've read the book. Just waiting to see the movie...if I'm lucky.
Its really good!!!!
Nathaniel wrote: "I have read The Hobbit many times. I have no intention of seeing the movies. After what Peter Jackson did to The Two Towers and The Return of the King, I have no interest in seeing what he does to ..."In the hobbit they did not change almost anything its way better than the LOTR!!!!!!!!!
I was 12 when I first read the Hobbit but I've seen the film now. Love that book!!
As readers, we have a moral duty to read (or re-read) any book before seeing the movie. It's the only way to ensure that the collective confusion/unenlightenment doesn't trigger a riot... or the apocalypse.
Tom wrote: "As readers, we have a moral duty to read (or re-read) any book before seeing the movie. It's the only way to ensure that the collective confusion/unenlightenment doesn't trigger a riot... or the a..."Thank you. Exactly.
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