I think about The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey with a few considerations in mind. Firstly, this is about Peter Jackson’s vision of Middle Earth and his film-making artistry, as much as it is about the adaption of Tolkien’s works. Secondly, while being made some ten years after The Lord Of The Rings movies, this …
It’s a movie, not a book or a stage play, so let’s think about it like that, not compare it to other presentations. It’s also completely sung, not dialogue with songs, so that’s different from movie musicals too. Songs sung direct to camera, at the audience or with the audience seemingly substituting for the direct …
So, the plan for today is Les Misérables in the morning and The Hobbit 3D in the afternoon. I’ll check back in with progress reports later. Maybe I’ll see some of you Mount Gambier folk there.
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