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Hekate

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9. The LOTR series was true to the books; The Hobbit, sadly, isn't

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 03:18 AM

Nov 2013

I probably won't pass on it, because I want to take the grandkid as I did last year.

Honestly, though, one of the best things I did for him was to insist on reading The Hobbit to him before we saw the first movie -- Even though he was only 8 at the time he really caught on to the differences and wanted to talk about them. Sheesh, if Jackson wanted to pad out The Hobbit, which is a children's book, he could have tossed in Tom Bombadil and Lady Goldberry instead.

Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound. I'll see all 3 parts.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug An IMAX 3D Experience (locally sold out 1st 2 days) [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2013 OP

One of those seats won't be mine MurrayDelph Nov 2013 #1

I read the books 20+ times when I was a young teen, but I still enjoy the movies as an old fart... JCMach1 Nov 2013 #4

Stand by the grey stone.... Omaha Steve Nov 2013 #2

The first Hobbit was one of the most boring movies I've ever seen BainsBane Nov 2013 #3

I liked the first one. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #5

It's just barely long enough with Jackson's rights to LoTR's appendices TransitJohn Nov 2013 #7

The first one and this one are released right around my daughter's birthday. We will go see it as a liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #6

The first hobbit lost me Egnever Nov 2013 #8

The LOTR series was true to the books; The Hobbit, sadly, isn't Hekate Nov 2013 #9