tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1794153355832209544..comments2024-03-28T11:00:59.091-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: OK, this looks good!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67625464412381460672013-11-05T20:43:50.469-06:002013-11-05T20:43:50.469-06:00I haven't seen Hobbit Part One (I'm kinda-...I haven't seen Hobbit Part One (I'm kinda-sorta waiting to see them all together, as it's all part of one book), but in Jackson's defense, the first third of the Hobbit DID drag. Same with the first part of Fellowship of the Ring; except Jackson was able to cut out a lot of the "slow" parts in Fellowship. <br /><br />Parsing Hobbit out into three movies instead of one may well be crass commercialism, but it's a well-calculated crassness, aimed directly at old and new fans of the books, who will want the movie to be as "true" as possible to the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com