{"id":47253,"date":"2011-08-16T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T20:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=47253"},"modified":"2011-08-16T15:55:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T20:55:24","slug":"musings-on-why-the-hobbit-movie-is-so-anticipated-and-how-it-is-the-cinematic-end-to-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/08\/16\/47253-musings-on-why-the-hobbit-movie-is-so-anticipated-and-how-it-is-the-cinematic-end-to-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on why &#8216;The Hobbit&#8217; movie is so anticipated and how it is the cinematic end to Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-hobbit\/characters\/bilbo-baggins\/bilbo-martinfreeman-p\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46197\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/bilbo-martinfreeman-p-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit Movie\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-46197 no-lazyload\" \/><\/a><em>Movies.com invites a TORn staffer to share his thoughts on &#8220;The Hobbit&#8221; every other Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What makes two films based on The Hobbit one of, if not the most highly anticipated film of both 2012 and 2013 and potentially one of the biggest film smashes in history?  <\/p>\n<p>People simply love Middle-earth.  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