The Hobbit reaction post

[luzula]

I went to see The Hobbit yesterday, with an old friend with whom I went to see the first trilogy ten years ago. I enjoyed it, although I got no urge to ship anyone! Martin Freeman absolutely worked as Bilbo for me. I liked the slower first half of the movie best, I think--I love to look at worldbuilding details such as dwarf hairstyles and all the stuff inside Bag End. I also love Gandalf pretty much whenever he appears. Oh, and also the landscape porn! Yum. My least favorite part is all the improbable hairs-breadth escapes--I just wish it weren't as much of an action movie as it is. Also, Azog. Meh.

I sometimes get stuck on worldbuilding details while watching, such as: the orcs in those huge caves at the end use a lot of wood in their building, but the slope outside the caves where the company comes out is not deforested at all! Where do they get all that wood? Also, how do they feed themselves? To be fair, that last question could be asked of LotR canon as well--if nothing grows in Mordor, how does Sauron feed all the orcs? By magic? By demanding tribute from those human countries to the south?

And Radagast, rotting fungi are a sign of great evil, really, and not part of a healthy ecosystem?

Oh oh, and I loved the dwarfs singing in Bag End! All-male a capella choirs get to me every time, nnngh.

Comments

[luzula]

Well, I think we just notice different things depending on what we're geeky about? Like, I wouldn't ever notice details about cars, because all cars for me are kind of lumped into one big category labelled "CAR". And probably for some people, all trees are lumped into one category labelled "TREE".