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littlebirdie · 4135 days ago · link · · parent · post: Cut to Dwarves: The Decline of Big Budget Cinema
Amen! Double Amen! I saw the Hobbit with my two teenage sons last week, and man, were were all three disappointed as hell. This wasn't the charming book I read to them every night when they were 8 and 10. This wasn't the book about a relationships and why being a hero is something that comes from your inner nature and the friends you forge, but rather about how many Orcs you can smash on the way to some great prize. The elements were there, but surrounded by lowest common denominator bloat.