Originally posted by Inziladun:
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The additions and "expansions" that are contrary to the books are much more frustrating, and still, to my mind, unnecessary.
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I recently watched
The Hobbit movie (quite by accident, on my brother's HBO) and was struck by how much time I spent thinking, "I don't remember any of this!" It took me out of the story and reminded me that I was watching a movie. It interrupted my "suspension of disbelief," I had the same experience watching
The Lord of the Rings movies, but thought it was due to my love of the original books. I don't have that degree of affection for
The Hobbit, but the feeling was there just the same, like watching a Saturday morning cartoon with a commercial interruption every eight minutes. it felt shallow and unimportant despite the epic nature of the source material or the visual imagery Jackson was creating. What a pity.