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The Hobbit (2012) film

Discussed in 17 episodes · 16 film takes
PKA Score 3.7/10
Taylor
1.3🦉/7
11 takes
Kyle
3.5/10
5 takes
IMDb 7.8 RT 64% Metacritic 58
PKA rates this 3.0 lower than critics

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 357 @ 33:18 — PKN 357
Criticism of the decision to make three Hobbit films compared to the source material scope
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“It's like, with Lord of the Rings, it was super nonsensical to make three Hobbit movies.”
▶ PKN 387 @ 49:45 — PKN 387
Discussion of The Hobbit films as an example of poor adaptation and unnecessary fan service added to existing material
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“the hobbit the hobbit what do you mean what other series the fucking hobbit did it to lord of the rings already”
▶ PKN 557 @ 25:59 — PKN 557
Discussion of the filming difficulties with green screen and CGI, particularly the challenge for actors acting against green screens instead of real sets
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“he had like a breakdown on the hobbit because the entire movie was like green screen cgi”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“this isn't acting he had like a breakdown on the hobbit because the entire movie was like green screen cgi and so like instead of him acting”
▶ PKA 506 @ 3:39:51 — PKA 506 Filthy Robot - Kyle Spills the Tea, David Blaine Ice Pic
Fantasy trilogy by Peter Jackson; discussed negatively in context of bad movies
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“They should be embarrassed. They should be fined. When they release bad movies, studios should be fined.”
▶ PKA 752 @ 34:17 — PKA 752 W/ Ed Bolian VINwiki: Dirty Diddy Details
Criticizing CGI orcs compared to practical effects in original LOTR films
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I'll never rewatch those movies. No.”
▶ PKA 715 @ 3:52:23 — Woody Extorted by Black Market Grocer : PKA 715 W/ Vito
Discussion about the Hobbit trilogy and attempts to edit them
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“I will not be watching that they released a super extended version of The Hobbit I will skip that one”
▶ PKA 710 @ 2:49:23 — Taylor Swift, Dr Disrespect and Jerry Seinfeld All Have This In
Discussion of Lord of the Rings franchise adaptations
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“The Hobbit was a total [ __ ] bastardization they ruined it did not like that one bit”
▶ PKA 707 @ 52:45 — What Happened To Woody: PKA 707 W/ Harley
Harsh criticism of the Hobbit film trilogy, discussion of poor quality and unnecessary length
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“I would not wait you didn't watch the movies The Hobbit movies no the most I saw is when I was like in Best Buy and they were trying to sell like TVs I'm not going to ruin that but it's not like there's a lot of scenes t”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“these Hobbit movies are garbage man every bit almost every minute of that like nine hours of content or whatever it is is bad there might be 20 solid fun minutes”
▶ PKA 701 @ 1:24:37 — PKA 701 W/ Oompaville: Terrance Howard Is Nuts, Furries Are Actu
Discussion of CGI quality, Radagast character, and comparison to Lord of the Rings trilogy
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I did not like Radagast no it was just the CGI Ridiculousness of it like when you about when he like these are Sans sofelt rabbits”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Hobbit just because of that upet me yeah same I've watched it I'm actively upset I'm like we got to turn this off like this isn't even a background movie”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I've watched The Lord of the Rings extended every year since I've been alive basically and the [ __ ] Hobbit I watched it I didn't even finish it”
▶ PKA 699 @ 1:18:09 — PKA 699: RFK Brain Worm, Sony Caves On Helldivers 2, Insane Scho
Discussion of The Hobbit films made by Peter Jackson as a prequel trilogy
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“we can all forgive him he did so well on Lord of the Rings that I forgive him for The Hobbit I'm not going to rewatch those ever again but I forgive him”
▶ PKA 613 @ 2:57:40 — PKA 613 W/ Slush: Woody's Facial Disfigurement, Jake Paul vs And
Discussion of the film trilogy and its troubled production
Kyle · unverified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“they [ __ ] up because they had something like that either no they had someone else directing that and then they [ __ ] blew Budget on some other [ __ ] and then uh then they brought in Peter Jackson to save”
▶ PKA 610 @ 1:37:02 — PKA 610 W/ Drift0r: Driftor Mystery Tumor, Kyles Dog Reveal, Bid
Prequel trilogy to Lord of the Rings; discussion of technology use and comparison to other prequels
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“filmmakers should never lean on new technology you'll you'll find more love going the other way for nostalgia's sake with some 70 millimeter stuff like chris nolan or quentin tarantino”
▶ PKA 591 @ 1:58:52 — PKA 591 W/ Anthony Cumia and Wolf: Divorce, Patreon Questions, W
Discussed watching trilogy with children and Smaug scenes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“there's only one good scene in the entire hobbit trilogy and that's at the very beginning when he's telling the story about how they lost their home”
Kyle · likely▲ positive
“i like i like the scene with smog i love it yeah that actually yeah i like watching love space move like yeah”
Kyle · likely◆ mixed
“i just finished i just finished watching the hobbit series with my kids and we're going to get into lord of the rings next”
▶ PKA 576 @ 3:10:43 — PKA 576 w/ Tavarish & RR: Bumble BFF, Woody Saves Man's Life, Do
Discussion of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy and its flaws
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“i will never watch those hobbit movies again i in my head they have been deleted from the canon of lord of the rings”
Tavarish · unverified◆ mixed
“the second tip i i really didn't like the first one the first one was like it felt like it was 10 people telling a different story and it's just going all over the place”
▶ PKA 575 @ 3:24:04 — PKA 575 w/Destiny: Impractical Jokers, Christmas presents, Trial
Comparison with Lord of the Rings and criticism of filmmaking
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“return of the jedi sucks balls”
▶ PKA 567 @ 1:23:52 — PKA 567 W/ Anthony Cumia - Costume Episode, Blackhawk Drama, Tig
Discussion of animal deaths during production
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“27 animals were killed during the hobbit on purpose”
▶ PKA 563 @ 21:30 — PKA 563 w GoodBadFlicks - Kyle's Drug Test, Movie talk, Reddit A
Comparison of practical effects in Lord of the Rings versus CGI-heavy Hobbit trilogy, with discussion of Ian McKellen's discomfort on set
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“it gets you worse performances out of really good actors like syria mcallen and also like when you're comparing the practical effects of like lord of the rings they're building the armor”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“in the hobbit your uncanny valley alarm is going off the entire time because the every single person on stage on screen looks fake except for gandalf”