Living up to the Hype: Part 5 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Jan 03, 2013 No Comments by

The 5th and final part of Living up to the Hype journeys to Middle Earth as Peter Jackson returns to the kingdom that made audiences fall in love with him, in: The Hobbit: An Expected Journey The Hype A film that promises to return audiences to Middle-Earth! There is no way in hell that this [...]

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A Hater’s Journey or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy The Hobbit”

Dec 22, 2012 No Comments

“A Hater’s Journey” or “How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy The Hobbit” As those of you who follow the podcasts will already be aware, I am not a fan of the Lord of the Rings films. For those who don’t know, let me brief: Yes, they are a staggering technical achievement and yes, [...]

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The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Review

Dec 16, 2012 No Comments

Before we begin I need to just get one thing off my chest… During the build up to this film’s release (possibly somewhere around the time Pete did his production diary showing off all his RED cameras) I got it into my head that there might be the smallest chance that watching this film in [...]

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Hobbit Countdown: The films of Peter Jackson – King Kong [2005]

Nov 28, 2012 No Comments

2 WEEKS TO GO! A long, long time ago in a country far, far away called New Zealand, a nine year old boy sat down in front of his television one night to watch an old black and white movie called King Kong. An hour and a half later, wiping away the tears after having [...]

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Hobbit Countdown: The Films of Peter Jackson – The Two Towers [2002]

Nov 15, 2012 No Comments

4 WEEKS TO GO! The Fellowship is broken, Frodo and the love child of Chunk and Mikey from The Goonies are edging ever closer to Mordor, Merry and Pippin get stuck up a tree and Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas develop an interest in dressage,  and the pace finally picks up a bit. After the long [...]

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