The Hobbit from Book to Film: Has Peter Jackson Crafted Another Masterpiece or Jumped the Shark?

Theme:
PP3
What:
Lecture
When:
11:00 AM, Friday 1 Aug 2014 EDT (40 minutes)
Where:
Orange County Convention Center - W101
The latest Hobbit installment, Desolation of Smaug, has fans in an uproar over departures from the book: new characters, scenes worthy of a theme park, love triangles in a book originally written with no female characters, dwarves who now not only confront the Dragon, but balance for a while on his nose... What is a Tolkien fan to think? What drives these artistic decisions when translating a fantasy book to its film form? Is Jackson's version too hot, too cold, or just right? Come debate!
Jim Wert
Jim Wert
Participant
Nerd Cave & Tolkien Museum
Curator
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