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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think this was one of the many mistakes they made with the Hobbit movies. Or at least with the first 30 minutes or so of the first one, I never watched any of it past that lol

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, them singing is possibly the only good thing to come out of those movies. It fits into my Dwarf Fortress songs fairly well.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Between the goofy musical number and the bad acting I just turned it off and never looked back. Oddly enough I really enjoyed the songs in the old Rankin and Bass animated movie lol

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yes, this. See the rothfuss misty mnts link I posted. Soulful shit.

[–] JollyBrancher@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's like they say: "Where there's a whip there's a way"

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In contrast, the early song number is the only part of the Hobbit trilogy that I didn't sleep through.

Home invasion by singing dwarfs was already hilarious in the books. That it's a quality bit of chorus singing in the film just makes it that much better, to me.

The rest of the Hobbit trilogy felt meandering and unfocused to me.

In fairness, I really desperately needed a nap the last couple times I tried to watch them.