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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Jackson to produce Hobbit movies
Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit
I loved The Hobbit when I read it at maybe 10 or 11 and I was dreding a film version that was outside the cinematic landscape that Jackson made.
The Hobbit is Tolkien-lite and in my opinion much better for it. When I read The Lord of the Rings I couldn’t see the point of reading any more after Frodo dropped the ring in Mount Doom. I’m told that important things happened after but I’d had my fill of wondering around even if he was going home.
Tolkien is a brilliant world builder and creator but he could have done with a bit of fire under him when he was writing. A bit too self indulgent if you ask me.
Most of the time films are too long - they have long lingering scenes where nothing happens. Resident Evil Extinction though is ether too short or at least not fully developed. Just when it should get going it ends.
If there is a film to restore your faith in the movies it has to be Stardust.A boy makes a promise to cross The Wall and bring back a falling star - but he isn’t the only one looking for it and the star isn’t exactly a chunk of rock.