http://moviegeekblog.com/2012/12/13/the ... ey-review/

Die einzige mir bisher bekannte richtig schlechte Kritik für RA kommt ausgerechnet von jemandem, mit dem er bereits zusammen gearbeitet hat und der auf C19 darüber gepostet hat. Autsch.

It’s in that first hour that we’re also introduced to Richard Armitage‘s Thorin, King of the Dwarves, in a scene that aside from giving a back story to the character, fails to give us anything interesting about this character and ultimately to make us care about him. As the film goes on, Thorin continues to be a two-dimentional and rather predictable character. And it’s a shame because Thorin should really be one of the main focus of the film.

It’s obvious that the casting of Armitage is trying to replicate the success of the casting of Vigo Mortensen, but sadly the admittedly un-carismatic dwarf make-up (hiding any good feature that Armitage might have) and the fact that Thorin as a character seems to have pretty much the same expression throughout the whole film (or at least that’s how it’s coming through), prevent us from truly engaging with him… Hopefully he’ll be more developed in the sequels, but so far he certainly seems to lack that aura of gravitas, mystery and charisma that Vigo Mortensen‘s Aragorn used to have. Not sure whether to blame, the actor, the character, the director or the original story itself… or maybe even all of them.


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138761/

All das mag ja sein, aber wie die Maske alle Vorzüge die RA vielleicht hat, verbergen soll, ist mir ein völliges Rätsel.

Rotten tomatoes ist unglücklicherweise auf derzeit 65% gefallen, nachdem es gestern noch komfortable bei 75% stand.

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Das hat aber einen argen Beigeschmack von Neid auf einen Kollegen, der einen Rollencoup gelandet hat, den der Betreffende wohl nie schaffen wird .
Außerdem steht er da so ziemlich allein auf weiter Flur mit seiner Einschätzung- ansonsten gibt es nur Lob für RA's Darstellung- und zwar recht begeistert. Sogar die Fanboys auf TORnet hat er überzeugt.
Freeman ist einfach Martin, wie er leibt und lebt. Ich fand ihn besser als ich nach den Trailern erwartet habe, aber nicht überragend, so wie er ihn darstellt.

Es ist einfach so, dass man es nie allen Leuten Recht machen kann- die Ausnahme bestätigt hier mal wieder die Regel .

http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/17 ... bit-review

Though the movie is named after him, Bilbo is a quiet presence in the film, overshadowed by other monumental characters such as Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), leader of the Company of Dwarves and King of Erebor (the lost kingdom under the mountain). But perhaps this passivity is a set-up for character changes to come, introducing us to a Bilbo barely out of his shell.

Thorin is the Aragorn of this story, made grimmer and given a more tragic backstory. Richard Armitage plays him to perfection, exuding an aura of nobility and greatness that firmly grounds the otherwise rowdy, comical Company of Dwarves.

Though he is less charming than Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn, Thorin is still a character you would root for and follow until the very end.


Zuschauer Wertungen sind besser als die der Kritiker, derzeit 81% (4,2/5) bei Rotten Tomatoes, 8,5/10 bei Metacritic und 8,7 bei IMDb.

Die Box Office Daten muss man meiner Meinung nach in Relation zu den erfolgreichsten Filmen dieses Jahres betrachten, nicht nur zum Dezember oder zu LOTR. http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

Anderseits hatte Avatar (ebenfalls Start im Dezember) kein sensationelles erstes Wochenende und ist der erfolgreichste Film aller Zeiten. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

Ich denke, wenn die Mundpropaganda gut ist und/oder die Leute mehrmals ins Kino gehen, ist da noch was drin.

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Ringer Reviews:
Richard schneidet durchwegs sehr gut ab !

http://www.theonering.net/reviews/

Ich würde mich um die einzelnen Kritiken wenig scheren. Der Film ist ein Selbstläufer, egal was die Kritiker schreiben.

Manche Kritiken haben für mich den komischen Beigeschmack, auf Teufel komm raus was Negatives zu schreiben. Die Fans lieben es und das ist das Entscheidende!

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http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3586&p=.htm

Friday Report: 'The Hobbit' Steals $37.5 Million

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=m ... hobbit.htm

Worldwide: $94,525,000

Hört sich viel an, ist aber nur Nr. 28: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p=.htm

Anscheinend haben es die Zuschauer im Dezember generell nicht so eilig, ins Kino zu gehen oder Mitternachtspremieren anzusehen. Wenn man sich ansieht, was auf den vorderen Plätzen ist, sind das alles Fortsetzungen, auf die bereits eine starke bestehende Fangemeinde gewartet hat (Twilight, Harry Potter, POTC). Das dürfte 10 Jahre nach LOTR nicht mehr so stark ausgeprägt gewesen sein.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/20 ... -the-ring/

Forbes Review: The Hobbit: The best middle earth movie since fellowship of the ring

Und nochmal Forbes: Critics um but audiences awe: The hobbit wins huge opening and high ratings

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/ ... h-ratings/

http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/the-hob ... mber-mark/

‘The Hobbit’ Breaks Records Around Globe: $85M Weekend In U.S.-Canada For All-Time Christmas Release; #1 Overseas With $57M

Wenn man sich allerdings diese Liste anguckt, sind 85 Mio. am ersten Wochenende keinesfalls sensationell, auch wenn alle Artikel von einem neuen Rekord sprechen: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

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http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3587&p=.htm


It's hard to rag on a new monthly record, but it does feel like this $84.8 million debut is a slight miss for The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular movie franchises ever, and adapting the prequel story should have been a box office slam-dunk. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. marketing almost exclusively focused on The Hobbit's connection to Lord of the Rings, and therefore failed to show what's special about this movie. Add in confusion about the trilogy situation (which WB didn't make much of an effort to correct) and some middling reviews (65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), and many casual moviegoers likely decided to take a "wait-and-see" approach here.

Long-term, though, The Hobbit should be in fine shape. December releases typically have a slow start but hold well through the Holiday season, and that will likely be the case with The Hobbit as well thanks to solid word-of-mouth (it received a strong "A" CinemaScore from audiences this weekend). Ultimately, $300 million at the domestic box office is within reach, though it's entirely possible the movie falls short of The Fellowship of the Ring's $315.5 million total (the lowest-grossing of the three Lord of the Rings movies).

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hobbit.htm

MTA: $222,975,000 weltweit. Schätzungsweise so viel wie der erste Film für sich genommen gekostet hat.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/dec ... ney-review

The 13th dwarf is altogether more serious. He's their leader, the handsome, tragedy-tinged Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage).

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http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3588&p=.htm

Its biggest markets were the U.K. ($18.3 million), Germany ($16.3 million), and France ($12.7 million); in all three cases, that was substantially lower than Return of the King's opening in 2003 ($26.5 million, $30.8 million, and $19.6 million, respectively).

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http://whatculture.com/film/the-hobbit- ... re-perfect

n many ways the choice for the head of the party of dwarves was always going to be the most difficult: faced not only with the issues of the character himself, the film-makers were also faced with some issues hanging over from the success of the LOTR trilogy.

Unfortunately, the casting of TV actor Richard Armitage was not the smartest move.

As Thorin, Armitage needed to show regality as well as pig-headedness that Tolkien wrote into all of his dwarf characters, but he was clearly also told to take a significant lead from Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn, albeit played slightly more grumpily, and the effect was reductive. The comparison between the two, drawn by the similar ways the characters were brought to screen emphasised that Armitage is the lesser actor. Yes, his character is presented in such a way that we know he’s supposed to be much more important than everyone else, but like The Hobbit itself, by tonal proximity to the Lord Of The Rings, his performance is simply shown up as a little too light-weight.

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http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article ... S-20121219

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY continues to break box office records. According to Deadline.com, the worldwide total has now reached $270 million in a week, and $100.2 million after just five days in the U.S. THE HOBBIT holds the title of highest debut in movie history for the month of December.

Ich bin nach wie vor der Ansicht, das ist nicht genug. Für einen Film wie den Hobbit sind eine Milliarde Dollar unter dem Strich Pflicht. Es bleibt abzuwarten, wie der Film sich schlägt, wenn nach Weihnachten diverse Oscar-Kandidaten rauskommen.

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