Gerry Canavan
the smartest kid on earth
- RT @Francis_Lam: What if we had a KICKSTARTER for fixing bridges!? Only we could just call it a "government" and try not to freak out over … 1 hour ago
- @SpringaldJack But the prequel I super don't care about. 1 hour ago
- @SpringaldJack Right -- I don't know that I especially care about the post INC world either. It's a complete story. 1 hour ago
- RT @SpringaldJack: @gerrycanavan but MONSTERS INC challenges and reorders its world. I don't care about the pre-INC version anymore. 1 hour ago
- Nonetheless! RT @readywriting: @gerrycanavan Cars 2 was horrendous. And I have a 4yo son, so we watch it CONSTANTLY. 2 hours ago
- @SpringaldJack That may be part of it. 2 hours ago
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A friend of mine is a movie critic. He has generally echoed the worry found in the several hours of twitter unhappiness, but recently said that all seems a little better if he thinks of The Hobbit movies as LOTR for kids.
I don’t think it’s just a matter lowering expectations to a kids movie. It’s… well, yeah, that’s exactly what it is, but it still might help.
emg
December 7, 2012 at 7:56 am
But the LOTR movies were already for kids! What age are we talking?
gerrycanavan
December 7, 2012 at 7:57 am
The Hobbit begins at conception?
emg
December 7, 2012 at 8:46 pm