Prone to exercise laudatory caution because I write for TheOneRing, and I realize too much praise causes readers to become dismissive and classify the writer as a fan boy, I still proclaim with no hesitation that this is among the finest home video releases in history. The movie itself is essential in the package, but what launches these discs into rare air is everything else that comes with it. In fact, this collection, is itself a tremendous film that would be worth buying even without the cinema release. A bathroom break is close to mandatory and while you can’t pause a theater, its easy from your own couch.īut while many think about the movie, make no mistake, the real prize here are The Appendicies content Those who are only looking at this for the film are missing the point entirely. The length includes some character moments that make the film more a little more satisfying but not in a major way. But if you haven’t seen the film, for the home experience, I do recommend the Extended Edition. The added time didn’t fix what people say is broken. If you had problems with it, you will still have problems with it.
So when a Blu-ray like “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Extended Edition,” comes to market it is going against the grain, against conventional wisdom and against market trends. Once, extravagant DVDs and box sets ruled store shelves while today we visit Red Box and Netflix. Studios once had a cash cow in DVDs but the milk has dried up now. Many consumers actually jumped to the DVD format from VHS tapes with “Fellowship of the Ring.” But in the digital revolution, that was ages ago, back when everybody bought movies for home use and there was seemingly ever growing stacks of money to be made from that market. The ways we consumed the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy is vastly different from how we tackle “The Hobbit.” The digital age has brought on massive changes on how we view movies and in a relatively short time. The home video market is dead or dying - so they say.
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