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Looks like filming has begun on \u2018The Hobbit.<\/em><\/a>\u2018\u00a0 I\u2019ve made it no secret that I\u2019m only so-so with Jackson\u2019s Lord of the Rings<\/em> Trilogy.\u00a0 Being a fan of the book, I understand that Tolkien\u2019s masterpiece brings certain difficulties with bringing it into the medium of film.\u00a0 I also know changes have to be made between text and movie.\u00a0 The important thing to remember is that the changes are supposed to utilize the medium and improve the text, at least insofar as its interpretation by film is concerned.\u00a0 Jackson\u2019s vision of Frodo and Sam escaping the fires of Mount Doom, when edited between his comrades realizing the danger that Frodo and Sam were now experiencing even as they rejoiced in their victory was an example of changing for the better.\u00a0 But far too many of Jacksons\u2019 changes did nothing at all, or made things worse.\u00a0 Incoherent plot lines, inconsistencies in story, plot holes big enough to sail ships through, dialogue and drama dumbed down for the sake of cool one liners or CGI graphics \u2013 these all hampered the overall effect.\u00a0 And while the eye candy was there, that was in part due to the use of artists who had already hammered out a vision of Middle Earth.\u00a0 As I\u2019ve said in the past<\/a>, each attempt to bring Tolkien\u2019s vision has had hits and misses.\u00a0 It almost seems doomed to be a mixed bag every time.\u00a0 I\u2019m not the only one to notice this, as I\u2019ve posted before<\/a>.\u00a0 Hopefully this time around, Jackson will let Tolkien be Tolkien, and use the best of film to take the parts of the Hobbit where Tolkien envisioned it, not where Jackson thinks he should have gone.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"