Will The Hobbit do damage to the books?

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by alatar

The Hobbit is much more childish than LotR or the Sil, and so why not have a lot more fun with the film?

It's true that The Hobbit is on a different level than LOTR, but that shouldn't give PJ license to overtly dumb down the story; make it indistinguishable from the Eragons and other "modern" stories.
There's a distinction between chilish and childlike, and I don't think the film makers get that.