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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI have very little desire to see "The Hobbit"
I really enjoyed Peter Jackson's LotR movies - I even got misty-eyed at the end of Return of the King. However, I just don't have an urge to run out & see The Hobbit - and, I'm usually one to go out & see big movies ASAP. Especially since it uses the new 48fps technology.
Not sure why - maybe it's because they're making 3 movies out of a 300 page kid's book? No idea, though.
Plus, I'm usually one of the Lounge's biggest fantasy geeks.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)(but I do confess to enjoying "The Avengers" in the theater).
I did, however, buy the DVDs when they came out. (I still don't have blue-ray, and will not buy the BR editions when the DVDs stop being pressed).
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)and, the extended versions of the DVDs.
flying rabbit
(4,623 posts)thought it was worth seeing on the big screen.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I don't know if I was in a different frame of mind or what. But it was captivating, despite the length.
Maybe you're just not in the mood right now, like I wasn't before.
I'm not so sure the Hobbit was JUST a kid's book. When I was much younger, but still a teen or young adult, it was all the rage among that age group. It was thought of as a cool book, like Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. I bought both. Didn't finish either. Neither one held my interest, but I liked The Prophet more.