So I saw The Hobbit

[cleolinda]

Due to the computer trouble (see the previous entry) and also my general and regrettable allergy to deadlines, I haven't finished the Breaking Dawn thing yet. However, even if I do finish it this weekend… I'm not sure when it will be appropriate to post it, given the really, really awful events in Connecticut. Charlie's Over-Protective Father

Comments

[scornedsaint]

Not necessarily a question for Cleolinda, but for everyone here. I keep hearing about how long it is; will my nephews (ages 7 & 9, decent attention spans) enjoy it or will there be too much exposition for them?

[hippydippymama]

If they can sit through any of LOTR movies, they should be able to handle this fine. There's a lot more humor in this (the dwarves descending on Bilbo's house, the bit with the trolls, etc) that I think it'll keep them up.

[rj_anderson]

I took my 7 and 10 year old sons last night and they both adored it. Mind you, they'd been begging me to take them ever since they found out there was going to be a movie, since they love the book. I think it would have taken a lot more problems than a little dragginess here and there to keep them from enjoying it.

[ladyvyola]

I sat through a 6:40 showing with my four nephews and nieces. My brother is a major fan and they've all seen LOTR multiple times, watch their parents play the video game, have the Legos, etc, etc, ad infinitum

[misspell]

My younger sisters are 5 and 8, with relatively short attention spans, and DUG IT. They did just finish reading the book with my dad 2 days ago, though. They are all Hobbit all the time now.

[cleolinda]

I think they'll be able to handle it. It really is kind of pitched at a lower age range, the way the trolls and goblins are handled (more humorously, a little gross-out humor) and then all the time spent with Radagast being wacky. The exposition comes mostly in the form of epic battle flashbacks. If anything, I think people might have complained that the movie was too hectic and had too many invented action scenes. It's probably something younger boys would like pretty well.

[rhoda_rants]

Well it's not really expositiony--there's some backstory, yeah, but it's ACTION-PACKED backstory. It's one thing after another. Action, action, action. And songs! Good stuff.

It didn't feel like three hours to me. But then again, I'm no longer seven years old.