Here is the first of seven New Year Countdown Special posts. These will be posted in a new Special label. Anyways, back to business.
Day Seven: The Hobbit!
Spoiler Alert! You were warned!
All of you (correction: all of you on planet Earth) will be members of the people who talk about The Hobbit. If you don’t know what the aforementioned thing is, its a movie based on the book of the same name. It serves as a prelude to the bestselling Lord of the Rings. See more here.
The protagonist of this story is a merry (no, not Meriadoc, my dear LotR fans) hobbit, called Bilbo Baggins who finds himself taking on an adventures to raid a dragon, along with thirteen dwarves and one wizard.
Now this Bilbo finds the One Ring, which makes him do odd things. Why did he lie to the dwarves? This is a question only Bilbo and Tolkien can answer, one gone and the other deceased.
In the beginning, they go through mountains, meeting friends like Elrond and the eagles, and fighting perils, mostly the infamous Orcs. Soon one of the most important things happen; the finding of the ring. (Read the book/watch the movie to find out more!) After that they reach the dragon’s lair, and fight a battle where Bilbo plays a small part.
Concluding, the book has a good plot, but Tolkien fails to make excitement between it. Many may and will disagree, and I can vouch for them too. However, this becomes better in LotR, and thus he is justified.
And what about the movie? Jackson has directed well, but the biggest mistake he did was to change the storyline. If you do that, the movie becomes worse than the book. A note to directors: A book became bestselling because of its plot and style of writing. The latter does not exist in movie making, but altering the former will ruin the movie. There are exceptions, of course.
Signing off, merry Christmas, and stay tuned for the next special!
Day Seven: The Hobbit!
Spoiler Alert! You were warned!
All of you (correction: all of you on planet Earth) will be members of the people who talk about The Hobbit. If you don’t know what the aforementioned thing is, its a movie based on the book of the same name. It serves as a prelude to the bestselling Lord of the Rings. See more here.
The protagonist of this story is a merry (no, not Meriadoc, my dear LotR fans) hobbit, called Bilbo Baggins who finds himself taking on an adventures to raid a dragon, along with thirteen dwarves and one wizard.
Now this Bilbo finds the One Ring, which makes him do odd things. Why did he lie to the dwarves? This is a question only Bilbo and Tolkien can answer, one gone and the other deceased.
In the beginning, they go through mountains, meeting friends like Elrond and the eagles, and fighting perils, mostly the infamous Orcs. Soon one of the most important things happen; the finding of the ring. (Read the book/watch the movie to find out more!) After that they reach the dragon’s lair, and fight a battle where Bilbo plays a small part.
Concluding, the book has a good plot, but Tolkien fails to make excitement between it. Many may and will disagree, and I can vouch for them too. However, this becomes better in LotR, and thus he is justified.
And what about the movie? Jackson has directed well, but the biggest mistake he did was to change the storyline. If you do that, the movie becomes worse than the book. A note to directors: A book became bestselling because of its plot and style of writing. The latter does not exist in movie making, but altering the former will ruin the movie. There are exceptions, of course.
Signing off, merry Christmas, and stay tuned for the next special!
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