Sehr ausführliche Rezension auf 3newsnz, die sich bewusst mit den bereits geäußerten Kritikpunkten auseinandersetzt:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Examining-criticisms-of-The-Hobbit/tabid/1748/articleID/279188/Default.aspx1.
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“It’s too bloody long!”
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"Yes, it could be trimmed, as could a few of the other sections of the film, but it never felt like a drag.
I enjoyed spending two and three quarter hours in Middle-earth and think that people should see it themselves before whinging about the running time."
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“It looks too bloody real!”
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I think it looks great.
It takes a little getting used to as the look is so fluid, but the overall effect is brilliant. There was one particular scene I didn't like the look of and I think the 48fps had a lot to do with why. It did look 'too real' to me - bogus as that may sound, it distractingly looked as though I were watching actors on a set rather than a scene in a movie.
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“It approaches bloody Jar Jar Binks territory!”
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In the world of movie fandom, few characters raise ire quite as much as Jar Jar Binks. The mere mention of his name causes certain Star Wars fans to either weep uncontrollably or fly into a fit of rage, he's that terrible.
Radagast the Brown is absolutely nowhere near 'Jar Jar Binks territory'. Radagast is a comical character, but at no point does he inspire anything close to the fury or bewilderment that Jar Jar did.
I don't mean any disrespect to the reviewer's opinion, but that particular comment is rubbish.
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“They bloody murdered animals to make it!”
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The American Humane Association confirmed no animals were harmed on the set of The Hobbit, but called for higher standards to be implemented in the farms where they are housed off-set.
This sounds reasonable, but it's highly unreasonable to expect Peter Jackson to personally travel around New Zealand checking out every home for every animal used in his films.
Twisting the claims of animal deaths into something like "Peter Jackson sacrificed horses for The Hobbit" as PETA did is wildly inaccurate.
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“It’s got too many bloody Dwarves in it!”
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Of all the criticisms examined in this article, this is the most valid.
Despite spending a lot of time on establishing the thirteen Dwarves and probably peeving off part of the audience in the process, by the end of the film I still couldn't tell some of them apart.
The same complaint is levelled by some readers at Tolkien's book.
Should they have cut a few Dwarves out? Would that have made a better film? We'll never know.
Does this issue ruin the film? Absolutely not. The Dwarf character of Thorin is very memorable and his relationship with Bilbo is excellently realised, which is crucial.
Not knowing your Bofur from your Bombur or your Nori from your Dori shouldn't impact too negatively on the overall experience.
Zitat:
All frame rates and running times and controversies aside, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is just a regular movie that should be judged like any other movie.
With the amount of coverage the film has received already, along with expectations set by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it may be hard to approach it without biased preconceptions. People who go along wanting to hate it will no doubt find many reasons to.
But there is a lot to love about the film and I sincerely hope people give it a chance.