Peter Jackson's Problem With The Hobbit Films

A lot is explained in the video below in regards to The Hobbit movies directed by Peter Jackson. I never thought that the movies were a disaster or ruined The Hobbit story—well, maybe only with the Tauriel, Legolas and Kili romantic triangle. There were no female characters in The Hobbit book, so I guess Jackson and the writers felt like they had to have a female character and throw in a romantic element. In the video below, Peter Jackson and his staff honestly admit that they didn’t have it all together with the films. But it’s nice to see them talking about it so that we know what the deal was. I still enjoyed the movies; the Extended Edition Blu-rays are all a part of my collection, and I will be watching them for years to come.

CNET.com talks about this as well. See here.   

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Last month I talked about the rise of fantasy novels being adapted to the screen; and Orbit Books’ announcement this past weekend about their 50% increase to SFF titles each year (see here) just comes to show that the genre is on the rise in the world of entertainment. Barnes & Noble’s Sci-Fi & Fantasy blog posted an interesting article in regards to this, as well as other publishers jumping on the rising wave (see here).  


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