{"id":85776,"date":"2013-12-29T03:34:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T08:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=85776"},"modified":"2013-12-29T03:34:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T08:34:53","slug":"john-d-rateliff-reviews-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/12\/29\/85776-john-d-rateliff-reviews-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug\/","title":{"rendered":"John D. Rateliff reviews The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tapestry_crop-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Tapestry_crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-81899 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tapestry_crop-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Tapestry_crop.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> John D. Rateliff is one of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s <i>The Hobbit<\/i>. He is, of course, the author of the two-part book <i>The History of The Hobbit<\/i> which was published in 2007. It is considered the definitive examination of how the book came to be.<\/p>\n<p>So just what does Rateliff think of Peter Jackson&#8217;s newest installment of his three-film adaptation? He&#8217;s blogged about it on his own website. Follow the link to his blog to find out. Choice quote:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The house that Jack(son) built, so to speak, turns out to have a frantic pace. One of the early reviews I saw of the movie praised it by comparison to the Indiana Jones films, and I think that&#8217;s justified. It&#8217;s just that this descriptor covers a lot of ground, from the freshness and excitement of the original RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK to the self-parody of INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, the hapless follow-up. Luckily I think Jackson delivers a superior grade action movie. It&#8217;s just that THE HOBBIT is so much more than an action novel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/sacnoths.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/12\/the-desolation.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John D. Rateliff is one of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s The Hobbit. 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