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The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy (Part 1/2)

Lindsay Ellis · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Film analysis & criticism

What it is

The first part of Lindsay Ellis's video essay series on the troubled production and critical reception of The Hobbit film trilogy.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an engaging analysis of how the Hobbit films were made, in threads on CGI and Tolkien.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Lindsay Ellis has some great film/TV analysis videos.”

    Postmortem on the Hobbit films, a Hugo nominee.

    muzzio, 2019-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Postmortem: Every Frame a Painting (2017)”

  2. “Here's the first video in a small YouTube series on it”

    Series on the Hobbit films' troubled production.

    Apocryphon, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Christopher Tolkien has died”

  3. “Lindsay Ellis has a three-part video essay series”

    Video essay series on how the Hobbit films were made.

    scott_s, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Over-reliance on CGI in movies”

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Topics: the hobbit, peter jackson, video essay, film production, tolkien

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