Merry Cristmas all

Who knows if Hobbit 3 is still in a Movie Theatre in Pattaya this coming Weekend? thanks

It still runs strong in Central Festival.

http://www.sfcinemacity.com/index.php/en/timetable/lookup/cinema/Central-Pattaya-Beach

Thanks

It's not an answer to the question, but I went to see The Hobbit last weekend.

Can someone please explain what is good about the movie......for sure not the story.

Great shots and great effects, but the story?

Unlike the book of the Lord of the Rings (of which a large amount was not even included in the three-part eight-hour film version due to it being too long and complex), the Hobbit is a short book with a relatively simple story. Without the special effects and battles it would be hard to make it span even one two-hour film.

In a way it's a shame that Peter Jackson didnt do the Hobbit first as a two-parter (as originally intended) and then follow it with the three-part Lord of the Rings (or even turn the LOTR into a four-parter). That would have made the pace about the same in both (the Hobbit drags badly in places), and would have made the stories much more satisfying.

The Hobbit, like the Hunger Games (possibly the worst movie of 2014, right up there with After Earth), is simply a financial vehicle for creatively bankrupt movie studios to generate cash. There is virtually no content, no message, no inherent philosophy, no real storytelling, and nothing in the way of good writing, or screenplays. Just a lot of money spent on morally bankrupt, multi billion dollar movie franchises. If these studios went after some of the talent that is propelling HBO, Showtime, and some of the other cable channels into creative juggernauts, that produce wonderful projects that are made for the adult mind, they might be able to slow this decline into creative oblivion. The U.S. Studios are slowly going downhill, and the frequency at which they create truly great movies is stunningly low. It is the independents, and the cable channels that are taking over that mantle. It is almost a rule of thumb now, that if the movie is made by a big American studio, it is more than likely absolute garbage. Ridiculously low quality, action drivel. Think Transformers, Iron Man 3, the 300 sequel, Pompeii, Hercules, Noah, Expendables 3, Sabotage. Need I go on? Truly mind numbingly bad movies, made by bloated movie studios, that barely have one nanogram of creativity in the entire organization. The best thing about the Hobbit movies is Martin Freeman. That guy can act. He is a pleasure to watch. He is capable of anything. And they at least wrote him as a decent hero, unlike the pathetic characters of Spider-Man, and so many other wimpy, whiney super heroes.

Edited December 26, 201411 yr by spidermike007

Great answers; I was afraid it was me. Agree on the Hungergames too