Should I watch Hobbit before Lord of the Rings?

Should I watch Hobbit before Lord of the Rings?

The Hobbit takes place 60 years before the Lord of the Rings adventure, save for the new film’s prologue, which unfolds about twenty minutes before The Fellowship of the Ring begins.

Why did they make 3 Hobbit movies?

Warner bros rushed production and added the third film to maximize budgets. Due to the phenomenal critical and commercial success of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, it seemed like a matter of “when” not “if” an adaptation of The Hobbit would hit theaters.

Will there be a 4th Hobbit movie?

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were sold by Professor Tolkien in the late ’60s — the film rights,” he said (via NME). So without the cooperation of the Tolkien estate, there can’t be any more films.”

How do I watch Lord of the Rings in chronological order?

Chronological order

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
3. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
4. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)

Why is The Hobbit not as good as LotR?

Easter eggs and callbacks to The Lord of the Rings were shamelessly forced into the unnecessary subplots of The Hobbit. The Hobbit falls into the pitfalls of the prequel by focusing too much on the past and not enough on telling its own stories. As the original, The Lord of the Rings didn’t have any of those problems.

Is The Hobbit better than Lord of the Rings?

Tolkien, when he wrote The Hobbit, created a legendarium so massive that it would take hundreds of books to really deconstruct. Hundreds of books have been written about Lord of the Rings and its deeper, more philosophical meaning, or in the context of the First and Second World Wars. But, The Hobbit is a better book.

What the Hobbit movies get wrong?

The Villains One of the main problems in adapting The Hobbit is that Smaug the dragon doesn’t fit the mold of a modern villain, being little more than a hoarder with a bad temper. To solve the problem, Jackson’s Smaug was more vicious than his book counterpart, and this alteration worked well enough for film.