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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Hugely OVERRATED
Hobbit Unexpected Journey is in my opinion an average movie. I just don't get it why people would consider it to be one of the greatest movie ever made. There are several reasons in mind:
1. Adapted from the novel written by the author who wrote LORs so this have to be a good movie 2. Directed by the director who directed LORs so this have to be a good movie 3. A lot of dummies who probably have only seen several movies of same genres and can not tell if a movie is good or bad so if someone thinks this is a good movie then this have to be a good movie
Do not get me wrong, I don't doubt the quality of Peter Jackson's work, it is simply that the book 'Hobbit' is not supposed to be made into a trilogy. The story 'Hobbit' is good if it could be done in 3 hours, but in 3 movies that add up to roughly 8-9 hours??? No! In 9 hours time you can probably have all the details in the book presented on the screen but as a movie that will be a failure guaranteed.
The most recent time I fell asleep in theaters was watching 'The Hobbit', ironically, I was a huge fan of LOR.
I would rate it as a decent movie, much worse than my expectation. And sometimes the audience's expectation really matters.
Shijie (2004)
A well made fantasy
I have watched almost every movie made by the director Zhangke Jia(贾樟 柯), and I believe this one is among one of his best(IMHO his best is 'Still Life(三峡好人)'). The characters in this movie are all lower class people, probably the lowest class of modern Chinese society.
Amazingly, director figured out a way to express their feelings, alone and abandoned, desires, etc. Unfortunately, in order to get the movie focused on characters, Jia Zhangke got rid of probably all the dark sides of society. That is to say, get the tragedy limited to the characters themselves as much as possible. Anyway, Zhangke Jia's movies are always not supposed to criticize but to express.
Zhangke Jia's style is a mixture of realism, fantasy and expressionism, so if couldn't catch up with his film the first time, I strongly suggest you to watch it again, his films are worthy of several hours of your time. Years later, his films could be a lot more valuable, since he is the only director still focusing on the bottom of the society in china nowadays.