The Hobbit: Sacrilege
Mr. B., who saw The Hobbit movie while visiting his grandmother in Fort Worth over New Year’s, tells me it’s really good and worth seeing. He remembers me reading the book to him twice as he was learning to read.
But one part he mentioned worries me a little. The makers apparently invented a new plot twist, possibly to enable them to spread the epic out over three movies instead of one. Something about a Goblin-Dwarf blood feud, which I suppose is logical enough.
Mr. B. says it didn’t spoil anything for him, but I’d really rather they’d have left Tolkien’s classic pristine. They can’t possibly have improved it.
UPDATE: Richard Fernandez (Wretchard of the Belmont Club blog) delivers a brilliant review of the book and how it fits with the better-known and more popular LOTR. And the comments, alone, are worth reading.
Posted: January 5th, 2013 under Blogosphere, Library, Mr. Boy, Scribbles.
Tags: The Hobbit, tinkering with a classic
Comments
Comment from Dick Stanley
Time January 7, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Try again, starting with the Hobbit. But, then, you’ve read all of Heinlein, I believe, and I couldn’t get through more than a few of his stories.
Comment from SnoopyTheGoon
Time January 6, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Uh… sorry, missed Tolkien altogether, due to it tried on me too late. Both kids, though, were crazy about his stuff. My miss, that.