The novel "The Hobbit" was only used as a children's book at the beginning, and did not have too deep plot and ideas, which left plenty of room for film creators to recreate. As can be seen from "The Hobbit 2", the movie has added a lot of characters and plots that are not in the book, and advanced in parallel in multiple lines, the team going to the Lonely Mountain, Gandalf visiting the crypt, and the dwarf staying in Long Lake Town. And two elves who went out without permission, each with a plot line. On the surface, this approach is to increase the amount of information, improve the rhythm of the story, and bring shock to the audience, but in fact, apart from the main line of Gushan, the other lines are really weak, which slows down the main line and makes the story telling speed. Emotional shock This trick doesn't work.
Of course, emotional impact does not necessarily depend on the speed of the story. The freshness of the plot itself is more important. Those plots that can bring emotional impact to the audience are often "unexpected and reasonable", which makes the audience feel moved. gain something. And the most feared thing about this trick is the stereotype, such as the love triangle between two elves and dwarves, Gandalf and Sauron's confrontation between light and darkness, and audiences who have seen similar plots in countless movies are probably waiting for the plot to advance. What's more terrifying than the cliché is the nonsense. Smaug's mouth is almost more broken than the donkey in "Shrek". Can't we make the lines more simplified and powerful? Listening to him ramble about for a long time, the original dangerous and evil image disappeared in my mind.
Let’s take a step back. Even if a story is slow-paced and has a cliché plot, if the viewer can care enough about the protagonist and their words and deeds, it can still be regarded as a good story. But as a sequel movie, it is a difficult multiple-choice question whether to repeatedly introduce old characters regardless of the old audience, or to presume that the audience has seen the previous movie and knows the protagonist very well. In this regard, "The Hunger Games 2", which was a great success last year, gave a satisfactory answer, which strengthened and further strengthened the character characteristics and relationships of the old characters, shortened the second half of the game, and introduced new ones. Allow enough time for the role. In contrast, "The Hobbit 2" spends too much time on action scenes that are not new, and gives the audience so little time to get to know and understand the old and new characters that it is difficult for the audience to develop too much affection for them, resulting in Action scenes also greatly reduce the level of concern for their safety, which can be described as a vicious circle.
As a fan of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, I can't help but wonder if Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro would direct "The Hobbit" completely differently, as originally planned. style to avoid audience fatigue with the aesthetic of Peter Jackson, director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy? But there are not so many "ifs". What I hope most now is that "The Hobbit 3" can surpass the first two and let this story have a happy ending.
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