Fuck You, Peter Jackson

Sigh. I saw the first Hobbit movie the other night. It seems that even though I purposely kept my expectations exceedingly low, Peter Jackson still managed to underwhelm.

Rather than go on a several-thousand-word rant of everything I hated about the movie, only to get some idiotic comments from people who want to defend the film to me, I’ll just skip that part and ask a simple question.

Why? If you actually liked the first Hobbit movie, please right in the comments and tell me why. Convince me why I’m wrong. What is there that allowed you to enjoy this 3-hour evisceration of my favorite book of all time? And please make note of whether you’ve read the book or not. I am curious whether that makes a difference.

Please don’t say anything about how you liked Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Those movies sucked just as badly, and before you try to defend them here, go read why they sucked and why you should hate them.

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