00:19For this new story, the context will once again be set through a damn well-crafted prologue,
00:24which takes us directly.
00:25Then when we arrive in the county, the film immediately adopts the tone of the book.
00:29This is also the closest sequence to the book that you will see in the entire trilogy.
00:33And does that make it better or worse than the rest?
00:35Well no.
00:36I will try again on this channel to make people understand the principle of an adaptation.
00:40But I feel like it's not going to be won.
00:41The adaptation must be as free as possible to adapt precisely to its support.
00:45This is what Peter Jackson did with the first trilogy, which is not faithful to the book at any point.
00:50But that's okay, because a good movie should be a good movie, not a good adaptation.
00:54When he removes the character of Tom Bombadil, for example, it is for narrative reasons.
00:58And you can't say it's a good or bad choice, it's his.
01:01And proof that you can take liberties when adapting to get something good, since the three films perfectly complement the books.
01:06For The Hobbit it's the same, Peter Jackson keeps elements from the book, adds some of his own creation,
01:11comes to draw on the appendages, removes them, that's how a good adaptation must be done.
01:16What will harm the film, beyond the adaptation, is above all that it will inevitably be compared to its predecessor and this is what will condemn it de facto.
01:23People had unrealistic expectations for this film, they wanted to feel the same sensation as with the original trilogy.
01:28Except that this is not the direction taken by The Hobbit, which is not intended for the same audience and which will offer something lighter, even more burlesque at times.
01:36The stakes are not the same, the design is not the same, the way of seeing a film is no longer the same.
01:42So yes, the comparison is inevitable, because it's the same director and the same universe.
01:46But in the end, it's pointless. It's like people who compared the original Star Wars trilogy with the prequels.
01:52These are two pre-artistic parts and two different eras.
01:55And precisely, I prefer two artists who are not going to rest on their laurels, who are going to take the risk of offering something different and innovative,
02:02even if it means making a mistake, rather than going to stroke the fans' fur with reheated stuff.
02:06Where this difference in tone can be seen is by comparing the Moria scene in The Fellowship of the Ring and the Goblinville scene in The Hobbit.
02:14Both have in common the fact that the group of heroes arrive in a hostile underground place where they will have to escape from enemies.
02:19It is above all the stakes and the tone of the sequence which will be different.
02:22In The Lord of the Rings, the colors are dull. You feel the noose tightening around the characters.
02:26The chase is viscerally disturbing and we witness the fact that a character can die at any moment, until one sacrifices himself to save the others.
02:33We are on something very serious.
02:35In The Hobbit, the chase is completely different, almost video game-like.
02:39Where gravity was a danger in the community, here it no longer has an impact.
02:43Fluidity is key. The characters jump, bounce, fall, but are not at risk at this point in the story.
02:49Of course, it takes away the emotional impact and many won't join, but it's a different party.
02:54The enemy is no longer scary, it's disgusting. The soldiers are no longer a threat, they're funny.
02:59The outcome is no longer sad, it is joyful.
03:01This isn't dark fantasy, it's a tale.
03:04Now, of course, you have the right to prefer either one or the other.
03:08The idea here is mainly to emphasize that the comparison is futile.
03:11The first part of The Hobbit is a rather confusing hybrid object.
03:14But precisely, it has this childlike innocence, moments of pure poetry, but also visual gags, songs,
03:19and above all a meticulous, inspired production, which offers sometimes grandiose sequences and which make this film object something quite unique.
03:26It is the least loved of the three and yet it is the one that has done the most honor to the natural scenery of New Zealand,
03:31which makes the best use of Howard Shore's composition and which offers some pretty crazy moments of bravery like this famous scene with the goblins,
03:37but also more subtle sequences like the confrontation between Bilbo and Gollum, which has never seemed so alive.
03:43A suspended moment where the two engage in a game of wit, undoubtedly the best scene in the film, along with the one where Gandalf explains the courage of Hobbits.
03:49We find characters we love, familiar places, we have to market all that well, but we discover new, very endearing characters.
03:56Thorin, the new hero of this fantastic epic, frustrated by the fate of his people, is one of them.
04:01Perfectly performed, perfectly developed.
04:04An Unexpected Journey suffers from some lengths, can sometimes seem too inorganic, but it remains a more than pleasant entertainment show,
04:11which, ignoring all comparison, offers an introduction to this new trilogy worthy of the name, with a final scene which presages a sequel in the same vein,
04:18a journey that promises many more twists and turns, if of course they manage to get off this cliff.
04:27Well, in 10 minutes I consider us definitely lost.
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