{"id":75394,"date":"2012-12-15T14:48:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T22:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/gnxp\/?p=19331"},"modified":"2012-12-15T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T22:48:40","slug":"the-hobbit-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.razib.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/15\/the-hobbit-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went and saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/a> yesterday with some friends. It’s been 20 years since I last read<\/em> The Hobbit<\/a>, and even longer since I watched\u00a0the television film<\/a> from the late 1970s. So I really didn’t notice all the differences<\/a> between the three hour film and the original novel. Two quick comments:<\/p>\n

1) I didn’t pick up on all the big technological changes. I suspect this is something movie reviewers are going to focus on, because they have such a good grasp of the technical element. But for the average person it’s not as obvious. Some of the 3D was well done, but much of it was a little excessive for me.<\/p>\n

2) I wasn’t too bored, but a two hour film would have been more than sufficient. Someone behind me literally fell asleep, judging by the persistent snoring.<\/p>\n

I’d give the film a B-. This wasn’t in Jar Jar Binks<\/a> territory.<\/p>\n