It was designed as a bad movie by people who didn’t realize their idea was terrible. It was hardly organized, as Peter Jackson had to come in late in the game and against his will to try saving the franchise.

PJ defined the product that was LOTR against the objectives pursued by studio. Then that same entity got their true wishes with the Hobbit.

It’s not that the Hobbit sucked as much as LOTR was the exception that proved the studio rule.

Also, a thousand geniuses can’t change the trajectory of an idiot boss.

Creators create, studios iterate.

See also: Star Wars, Star Trek

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ahartmetz 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Frankly I thought even the book was terrible. The book was basically many pages of boring landscape description, then our heroes get into a VERY VERY BAD IMPOSSIBLE PICKLE, then A MIRACLE HAPPENS OUT OF NOWHERE. Repeat five times, the end.

	▲	bergie 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But the Tove Jansson illustrations make it all worthwhile. Adorable. https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/
	▲	musicale 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."