{"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":"

\"Tapestry_crop\" John D. Rateliff is one of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit<\/i>. He is, of course, the author of the two-part book 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

So just what does Rateliff think of Peter Jackson’s newest installment of his three-film adaptation? He’s blogged about it on his own website. Follow the link to his blog to find out. Choice quote:<\/p>\n

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’s justified. It’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’s just that THE HOBBIT is so much more than an action novel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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