Comments on: Kiss and Make Up or Someone Has Come to Their Senses http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2007%2F12%2F18%2Fkiss-and-make-up-or-someone-has-come-to-their-senses%2F&seed_title=Kiss+and+Make+Up+or+Someone+Has+Come+to+Their+Senses Reading mainly sci-fi, fantasy and crime plus other books that take my fancy. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Robert http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2007%2F12%2F18%2Fkiss-and-make-up-or-someone-has-come-to-their-senses%2F&seed_title=Kiss+and+Make+Up+or+Someone+Has+Come+to+Their+Senses#comment-177 Robert Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:52:08 +0000 http://nextread.co.uk/?p=240#comment-177 What surprises me is that they want to turn the Hobbit into two movies, rather than one. This strikes me as the kind of calculated Hollywood decision that is motivated purely by greed. The Hobbit could, at best, fill one film. And if part one does not earn billions (which, I suspect, is likely), the second part will probably be downbudgeted and look cheap in comparison, pretty much ruining any chance of a good Hobbit experience in the cinema... I think the Hobbit (the book) has a fantastic first sentence (like Neuromancer) but the rest does not live up to it (also like Neuromancer). Lord of the Rings I will always remember as taking up most of a summer to read, with only one chapter that was exciting. What surprises me is that they want to turn the Hobbit into two movies, rather than one. This strikes me as the kind of calculated Hollywood decision that is motivated purely by greed. The Hobbit could, at best, fill one film. And if part one does not earn billions (which, I suspect, is likely), the second part will probably be downbudgeted and look cheap in comparison, pretty much ruining any chance of a good Hobbit experience in the cinema…

I think the Hobbit (the book) has a fantastic first sentence (like Neuromancer) but the rest does not live up to it (also like Neuromancer). Lord of the Rings I will always remember as taking up most of a summer to read, with only one chapter that was exciting.

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