Far more hilarious than I anticipated. A worthwhile endeavor! Unedited Full length reaction: www.patreon.com/MrValentineReacts I hope to see a Legolas/Gimli appearance in the next two films---coming soon :) Godspeed 🤙🏽
The making of The Hobbit was very complicated. The Lord of the Rings was an arduous and exhausting job; from pre-production to the final cut of the Extended Editions took about 7 years of incessant work by Peter Jackson and his team. He wasn't eager to take on another such marathon. And there were major changes on the studio side of things, with New Line Studios being taken over by Warner Brothers, and new leadership with a quite different approach than those who had worked with Jackson on LOTR. Making The Hobbit was talked about for years, but for a long time wasn't going anywhere, in large part due to complicated rights and licensing issues. Eventually Guillermo del Toro was approached to direct the Hobbit films, with Jackson as producer. Del Toro was involved in pre-production and scriptwriting, and it was during his tenure that they decided that, instead of making one film based on the Hobbit book and one "bridge" film exploring Gandalf's activities and tying them into LOTR as was the original plan, they would make a 2-movie Hobbit including both (the later expansion to 3 movies happened during post-production editing). However, the studio was extremely slow to "green light" the production, and after about 2 years of living and working in New Zealand waiting for the go-ahead that never came, Del Toro reluctantly bowed out of the project and moved on, though he still has scriptwriting credit and some of his influence remains in other aspects of the film. Peter Jackson picked up the reins again and had to re-work the production from someone else's vision into his own. Other complications plagued the production, including an actor's union boycott which abruptly halted all filming for several weeks and caused great upheaval, even requiring an emergency debate in the NZ parliament to sort out. (It's a long and complicated story). And then Peter Jackson still had to meet the original release schedule, which meant a shortened post-production and less time for editing. Those who complain about the bloated and slightly unfocused nature of the Hobbit films are often not aware of how chaotic and difficult the production was, and how VERY close they came to not being made at all. The Lord of the Rings was made in relative obscurity, with remarkably little outside interference, whereas The Hobbit was made in the full glare of world publicity and intense studio pressure, and suffered for it. Having watched the whole thing from its inception I'm of the opinion that its existence is something of a miracle. Flawed, but still pretty great. I'm glad it exists, because it so nearly didn't.
Your ability to recall comparison memories is astounding. Your synapses must be firing constantly and you still manage to stay on course. It truly is incredible.
The trolls that turn to stone are the oldest type bread by Morgoth in the first age in mockery of the Ents. At the time he bread them and his earliest orcs there was no sun or moon. But when Morgoth and Ungoliant, the Great Moster Spider, destroyed the Two Trees that gave light to The Undying Lands and fled back to Middle Earth, the remnant power in each was sung into a golden fruit ( the sun ) and a silver leaf ( the moon ), and inhabited by Miar. Set on their courses, at the first day of the first sunrise The Fathers of Men awoke. But those early monsters had no resistance to the new lights. Many turned to stone or had to hide away from it. Elves and other inhabitants of Middle Earth had all been able to see quite well by starlight.
You will not regret, it’s a beautiful movie, and don't deserve to be compared with lotr because they are different movies for different ages… the hobbit it's a child book, and Peter make a wonderful plot with this movies. ❤
also love it and 2 of the dwarves you see in here you actually see in the first lord of the ring in the mines of mora 1 was gimili's cousin and the dwarf named Ori who Gandalf picked up the book from and read what he last wrote
One thing that rarely gets mentioned is that the novel The Hobbit had a much lighter tone than The Lord of the Rings. It was more of an adventure story for young adults or even children. Whereas The Lord of the Rings had darker themes, such as the end of the world. I'm not really sure what people were expecting, but it was just about what I thought it would be.
Pumped for this! If not for the understandable tendency to put this trilogy against LOTR (which nothing can compare to) it’s seriously a great trilogy of movies. Casting is fantastic and as someone who adores the book I think all of the changes Jackson made were very good ones.
You don't get to see a young Gimli in these movies but if you pay attention you'll notice a dwarf with a big red beard. His name is Gloin. Gloin is Gimli's father.
People do complain as these movies advance that there’s way too much non-canon made-up stuff larding up the movies, and that’s true. But one thing I realized is that the scenes featuring Bilbo are quite faithful. If there were a “Bilbo Cut” featuring only scenes with Martin Freeman (plus one particular dragon sequence), it would be a very faithful adaptation. The book’s point of view is limited omniscient 3rd person from over Bilbo’s shoulder, about 95% of the time. It’s like Peter Jackson DID make that movie - but then added in a bunch of other stuff to pad the runtime. So anytime you do not see Bilbo on the screen you’re probably seeing some events and characters not in the book, for better or for worse.
@Mr Valentine. Damn youtube it made you cut one of the best moments from all 6 films the song of lonely mountain and the songs they sing doing Bilbo's dishes. Will be fun to see you watch the other two. Have a lovely week
Gandalf DOES have a Ring of Power. Cirdan the elf gave Gandalf one of the 3 Elven rings of power, Narya, the Ring of Fire. It inspires hope, and partly why he brings hope everywhere he goes.
In my humble opinion, this is the best of the hobbit films. It is true that these movies had a number of issues during production, which explains some of their problems, but doesn’t erase them. Outside of the movies being almost OFFENSIVELY cgi heavy, my very brief analysis of these movies is that they 1.) do stay very true to the themes of the book. 2.) they MOSTLY stay true to the overall tone of the book. And 3.) struggles to stay true to the world of middle earth. Were it not for the presence of Gandalf, and the score connecting it to the lotr movies, it would almost seem like a different universe. To me, these movies decrease in quality with each release, but I’m still very interested to hear your thoughts…. And just to watch some pretty fun movies if you don’t take anything else from them.
Good to see you back in Middle Earth! I enjoy these movies, although I was disappointed that The Hobbit was spread over three films. It was necessary with LOTR (which was written in three distinct parts anyway), but The Hobbit is a much smaller book and simpler tale ... but there we are, this is what we got, and better this than nothing, imo! 😉 In case you missed it, Balin (the lovely older dwarf, with masses of white hair and beard) is the one whose tomb Gimli is grieving over in Moria. Also, Gimli's father Gloin is among the party of dwarves (big ginger hair and beard), and at one point he mentions "my boy Gimli" 😍
There's Amazons "The Rings Of Power" which is a series with only one season out so far And " The War of the Rohirrem" Anime coming out this December and this anime has The Japanese anime author who did ghost in the shell and Akira and Phillipa Boyens who worked on both Lord of the rings and the Hobbit trilogys
Rings of power seems to be more of a pale immitation of even the worst days of Peter Jackson's movies, saying nothign of teh original texts. Now that War of the Rohirrim, that may warrant some looking into.
More than LOTR I always recommend to read the hobbit before watching this series, it is a small read no pun intended but reading all 3 Lotr is tough this is easy and especially with this series it helps make them better to understand this is not the story just a take on the story, always helped make the movies more fun and less dumb The stuff they did well they did great at, the barrels, goblin king, lake town leadership/ characters and love stories can be overlooked
My take on the hobbit movies is, you can literally read the book in the same amount of time it takes to watch them, and thats how I’d rather spend my day lol
I see you woke in a punny mood the day you recorded this tale of Hobbits, Dwarves, and Wizards…btw, do you ever get copyright claimed for the song-bursts scattered through your videos, and, finally, are you currently watching Game of Thrones, or have you previously met Arya and her brood? Is your viewing available to those of us who enjoy your funny-punny walks through our cinematic history?
haha I can't resist a musical sting here and there. I have seen Game of Thrones several times all the way through (re-watch it frequently)! It is unbelievably good. valar morghulis
Love me some GOT - mad about the ending they gave my little brother Jon Snow, but what can you do? "What is dead may never die" my friend...@@MrValentineReacts
@@MrValentineReacts When I wanted to watch THE LORD OF THE RINGS, I quickly got bored. Someone on the Internet advised me to start with the HOBBIT. I am still grateful for this, because I was able to watch this film in full. And after that, I was no longer bored watching THE LORD OF THE RINGS. After all, I already knew some of the characters. I like your reactions :) Thanks for the reply, feedback is always nice. Когда я хотела посмотреть ВЛАСТЕЛИН КОЛЕЦ, то мне быстро стало скучно. Кто-то в интернете мне посоветовал начать с ХОББИТА. До сих пор благодарю за это, потому что этот фильм мне удалось посмотреть полностью. И после него мне было уже не скучно смотреть ВЛАСТЕЛИН КОЛЕЦ. Ведь я уже знала некоторых персонажей. Мне нравятся Ваши реакции :) спасибо за ответ, всегда приятна обратная связь.
my problem with the hobbit movies is they made 3 out of just 1 book. they added all kinds of stuff into the story. honestly youre better off watching the cartoon movie
@@raen3042 Elves did not show up at Helm's Deep. Aragorn did not doubt his heritage or the strength of his blood. And so on. There are multiple changes, additions, and omissions in both. I'm curious why people focus their ire on the Hobbit.
@MrValentineReacts damn right made me another 400$ payment while watching the hobbit with you🤑 I watched the hobbit, and then the exorcist with some reactor🤣he was all jokes till Reagan started having spasms. Then 2 episodes of star trek with Jen Murray. Then Troy with movie munchies. The boss was like what you do last night? I was like watched movies. He's like anything good? I was like oh yeah 😎
Far more hilarious than I anticipated. A worthwhile endeavor!
Unedited Full length reaction: www.patreon.com/MrValentineReacts
I hope to see a Legolas/Gimli appearance in the next two films---coming soon :) Godspeed 🤙🏽
You are watching the extended editions right? The next 2 are amazing
Once you get paste.... Exactly what is said before every great film.😅😢
This is the best out of all the Hobbit movies. Down hill from here. 👌✌️
The making of The Hobbit was very complicated.
The Lord of the Rings was an arduous and exhausting job; from pre-production to the final cut of the Extended Editions took about 7 years of incessant work by Peter Jackson and his team. He wasn't eager to take on another such marathon. And there were major changes on the studio side of things, with New Line Studios being taken over by Warner Brothers, and new leadership with a quite different approach than those who had worked with Jackson on LOTR.
Making The Hobbit was talked about for years, but for a long time wasn't going anywhere, in large part due to complicated rights and licensing issues. Eventually Guillermo del Toro was approached to direct the Hobbit films, with Jackson as producer. Del Toro was involved in pre-production and scriptwriting, and it was during his tenure that they decided that, instead of making one film based on the Hobbit book and one "bridge" film exploring Gandalf's activities and tying them into LOTR as was the original plan, they would make a 2-movie Hobbit including both (the later expansion to 3 movies happened during post-production editing). However, the studio was extremely slow to "green light" the production, and after about 2 years of living and working in New Zealand waiting for the go-ahead that never came, Del Toro reluctantly bowed out of the project and moved on, though he still has scriptwriting credit and some of his influence remains in other aspects of the film. Peter Jackson picked up the reins again and had to re-work the production from someone else's vision into his own. Other complications plagued the production, including an actor's union boycott which abruptly halted all filming for several weeks and caused great upheaval, even requiring an emergency debate in the NZ parliament to sort out. (It's a long and complicated story). And then Peter Jackson still had to meet the original release schedule, which meant a shortened post-production and less time for editing.
Those who complain about the bloated and slightly unfocused nature of the Hobbit films are often not aware of how chaotic and difficult the production was, and how VERY close they came to not being made at all. The Lord of the Rings was made in relative obscurity, with remarkably little outside interference, whereas The Hobbit was made in the full glare of world publicity and intense studio pressure, and suffered for it. Having watched the whole thing from its inception I'm of the opinion that its existence is something of a miracle. Flawed, but still pretty great. I'm glad it exists, because it so nearly didn't.
A very succinct summary
Your ability to recall comparison memories is astounding. Your synapses must be firing constantly and you still manage to stay on course. It truly is incredible.
My dendrites have their moments.
Thank you for watching with me!
@@MrValentineReactsHa, you are so true to form. I had to look up what dendrites are. You are at a whole other level. 🧠
you’re not ready for benedict cumberbatch
i'm sso excited for Smaug
The trolls that turn to stone are the oldest type bread by Morgoth in the first age in mockery of the Ents. At the time he bread them and his earliest orcs there was no sun or moon. But when Morgoth and Ungoliant, the Great Moster Spider, destroyed the Two Trees that gave light to The Undying Lands and fled back to Middle Earth, the remnant power in each was sung into a golden fruit ( the sun ) and a silver leaf ( the moon ), and inhabited by Miar. Set on their courses, at the first day of the first sunrise The Fathers of Men awoke.
But those early monsters had no resistance to the new lights. Many turned to stone or had to hide away from it. Elves and other inhabitants of Middle Earth had all been able to see quite well by starlight.
You will not regret, it’s a beautiful movie, and don't deserve to be compared with lotr because they are different movies for different ages… the hobbit it's a child book, and Peter make a wonderful plot with this movies. ❤
also love it and 2 of the dwarves you see in here you actually see in the first lord of the ring in the mines of mora 1 was gimili's cousin and the dwarf named Ori who Gandalf picked up the book from and read what he last wrote
One thing that rarely gets mentioned is that the novel The Hobbit had a much lighter tone than The Lord of the Rings. It was more of an adventure story for young adults or even children. Whereas The Lord of the Rings had darker themes, such as the end of the world. I'm not really sure what people were expecting, but it was just about what I thought it would be.
Pumped for this! If not for the understandable tendency to put this trilogy against LOTR (which nothing can compare to) it’s seriously a great trilogy of movies. Casting is fantastic and as someone who adores the book I think all of the changes Jackson made were very good ones.
If Gandalf says you're a burglar then you are guilty! 🧑⚖️ That's the law!
No evidence needed!
Gandalf is the arbiter of all thing! Full stop
You don't get to see a young Gimli in these movies but if you pay attention you'll notice a dwarf with a big red beard. His name is Gloin. Gloin is Gimli's father.
People do complain as these movies advance that there’s way too much non-canon made-up stuff larding up the movies, and that’s true. But one thing I realized is that the scenes featuring Bilbo are quite faithful. If there were a “Bilbo Cut” featuring only scenes with Martin Freeman (plus one particular dragon sequence), it would be a very faithful adaptation. The book’s point of view is limited omniscient 3rd person from over Bilbo’s shoulder, about 95% of the time. It’s like Peter Jackson DID make that movie - but then added in a bunch of other stuff to pad the runtime. So anytime you do not see Bilbo on the screen you’re probably seeing some events and characters not in the book, for better or for worse.
There is a Bilbo cut. It's the best one.
Next The Hobbit Extended Edition Of The Desolation Of Smaug Extended Edition
@Mr Valentine. Damn youtube it made you cut one of the best moments from all 6 films the song of lonely mountain and the songs they sing doing Bilbo's dishes. Will be fun to see you watch the other two. Have a lovely week
Yeah, copyright software would not cooperate with me! Hope your week is tranquil; see you soon
I love the hobbit trilogy, they show you more of the world, can't wait for you to react to the other two!
Coming soon :)
Gandalf DOES have a Ring of Power. Cirdan the elf gave Gandalf one of the 3 Elven rings of power, Narya, the Ring of Fire. It inspires hope, and partly why he brings hope everywhere he goes.
Your review is highly regarded! I also enjoyed this series. Even with the added content.
In my humble opinion, this is the best of the hobbit films. It is true that these movies had a number of issues during production, which explains some of their problems, but doesn’t erase them.
Outside of the movies being almost OFFENSIVELY cgi heavy, my very brief analysis of these movies is that they 1.) do stay very true to the themes of the book. 2.) they MOSTLY stay true to the overall tone of the book. And 3.) struggles to stay true to the world of middle earth. Were it not for the presence of Gandalf, and the score connecting it to the lotr movies, it would almost seem like a different universe.
To me, these movies decrease in quality with each release, but I’m still very interested to hear your thoughts…. And just to watch some pretty fun movies if you don’t take anything else from them.
Good to see you back in Middle Earth! I enjoy these movies, although I was disappointed that The Hobbit was spread over three films. It was necessary with LOTR (which was written in three distinct parts anyway), but The Hobbit is a much smaller book and simpler tale ... but there we are, this is what we got, and better this than nothing, imo! 😉
In case you missed it, Balin (the lovely older dwarf, with masses of white hair and beard) is the one whose tomb Gimli is grieving over in Moria. Also, Gimli's father Gloin is among the party of dwarves (big ginger hair and beard), and at one point he mentions "my boy Gimli" 😍
There's Amazons "The Rings Of Power" which is a series with only one season out so far
And " The War of the Rohirrem" Anime coming out this December and this anime has The Japanese anime author who did ghost in the shell and Akira and Phillipa Boyens who worked on both Lord of the rings and the Hobbit trilogys
Rings of power seems to be more of a pale immitation of even the worst days of Peter Jackson's movies, saying nothign of teh original texts.
Now that War of the Rohirrim, that may warrant some looking into.
I've never watched an Anime in my entire life but The War of the Rohirrim sounds promising and interesting!
The Hobbit is written by Bilbo and TLotR written by Frodo.
More than LOTR I always recommend to read the hobbit before watching this series, it is a small read no pun intended but reading all 3 Lotr is tough this is easy and especially with this series it helps make them better to understand this is not the story just a take on the story, always helped make the movies more fun and less dumb
The stuff they did well they did great at, the barrels, goblin king, lake town leadership/ characters and love stories can be overlooked
You completely skipped over Riddles In The Dark 😭 it’s arguably the best part of this whole trilogy lol
copyright shenanigans
Every time characters end up in a pickle they're usually gerkin off😂
😅
LOTR is better of course but Hobbit was really good too. Never understood all the backlash it got.
Hear, Hear!
I love the hobbit trilogy, they really show you more of the world, can't wait for you to react to the other two!
If you remember in the fellowship of the rings The scene where frodo Got stabbed by the ring wraith Was at that area there were stone Ogres there
I like the new thumbnails
much easier to understand
So glad you started The Hobbit 🫶🏻
❤
seeing Arya I'd love to see a Game of Thrones watchthrough someday
I'm so excited for Smaug though
I might rewatch game of thrones eventually!
Oh yeah, the ending of this got me amped up for more
Oh God! One more bad pun and I think I'll shoot myself. When is chapter 2 coming?..
pun to my head? I can't live without them. Chapter 2 coming in a week or so!
Ouch, but not bad!😂@@MrValentineReacts
Literally long movie AND correct in the fact that the storyline wasn’t all the way cohesive
Slightly incongruous but not horrendous!
The Hero’s Journey!
✨
The Arkenstone...got some effect on free folks
My take on the hobbit movies is, you can literally read the book in the same amount of time it takes to watch them, and thats how I’d rather spend my day lol
lets go!
!!!
I see you woke in a punny mood the day you recorded this tale of Hobbits, Dwarves, and Wizards…btw, do you ever get copyright claimed for the song-bursts scattered through your videos, and, finally, are you currently watching Game of Thrones, or have you previously met Arya and her brood? Is your viewing available to those of us who enjoy your funny-punny walks through our cinematic history?
haha I can't resist a musical sting here and there.
I have seen Game of Thrones several times all the way through (re-watch it frequently)! It is unbelievably good. valar morghulis
Love me some GOT - mad about the ending they gave my little brother Jon Snow, but what can you do? "What is dead may never die" my friend...@@MrValentineReacts
мне ХОББИТ нравится больше, чем ВЛАСТЕЛИН КОЛЕЦ
You, my friend, are a rare breed then!
@@MrValentineReacts
When I wanted to watch THE LORD OF THE RINGS, I quickly got bored. Someone on the Internet advised me to start with the HOBBIT. I am still grateful for this, because I was able to watch this film in full. And after that, I was no longer bored watching THE LORD OF THE RINGS. After all, I already knew some of the characters. I like your reactions :) Thanks for the reply, feedback is always nice.
Когда я хотела посмотреть ВЛАСТЕЛИН КОЛЕЦ, то мне быстро стало скучно. Кто-то в интернете мне посоветовал начать с ХОББИТА. До сих пор благодарю за это, потому что этот фильм мне удалось посмотреть полностью. И после него мне было уже не скучно смотреть ВЛАСТЕЛИН КОЛЕЦ. Ведь я уже знала некоторых персонажей. Мне нравятся Ваши реакции :) спасибо за ответ, всегда приятна обратная связь.
my problem with the hobbit movies is they made 3 out of just 1 book. they added all kinds of stuff into the story. honestly youre better off watching the cartoon movie
Why is that a problem?
@bkbstone you can tell the shit that was put in and shouldn't of been.
@@raen3042 Could you tell the same in the Lord of the Rings movies?
@@bkbstone I could not
@@raen3042 Elves did not show up at Helm's Deep. Aragorn did not doubt his heritage or the strength of his blood. And so on. There are multiple changes, additions, and omissions in both. I'm curious why people focus their ire on the Hobbit.
Old formula; Eagles...Deus Ex Machina...
They aren't a plot hole though
I'm in luck 😂 I'm getting paid to watch you at work 🤑
ideal set of circumstances 😏
@MrValentineReacts damn right made me another 400$ payment while watching the hobbit with you🤑 I watched the hobbit, and then the exorcist with some reactor🤣he was all jokes till Reagan started having spasms. Then 2 episodes of star trek with Jen Murray. Then Troy with movie munchies. The boss was like what you do last night? I was like watched movies. He's like anything good? I was like oh yeah 😎
I love the hobbit trilogy, they show you more of the world, can't wait for you to react to the other two!
Coming soon :)