Last night, I watched His Girl Friday<\/i>, which was fun and fast-paced, and then I watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/i>, which was only infrequently the former and not even once the latter. Seriously, the idea that I am now only a third of the way done with Peter Jackson’s three-part movie just makes me feel weary. Rather than cut out the book’s boring bits — and I’m sorry, Tolkien fans, but there are plenty — Jackson somehow adds more. It’s not without its occasional charms — Martin Freeman is good, as is Andy Serkis, however much they do over-use Gollum across all the films — but it’s also just plain exhausting. Which is really the last<\/i> thing you want a fantasy adventure story to be.<\/p>\n
His Girl Friday<\/i> was a lot of fun, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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