The Hobbit has a director and a sequel

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I say give awesome Del Toro a shot, and I love Peter Jackson. If King Kong had been an hour shorter, I may have even liked that film quite a lot.

But I am in the minority, I think, when I say I'm not the biggest fan of The Hobbit. There are parts of that book I love, and parts I cared for less. I think this may be the rare exception where I walk away preferring the film.

I love The Lord of the Rings books. And I love the movies. I think he, for the most part, didn't include the parts which would have been lost on film, and I think what he added benefited the telling of this particular tale for the screen. He nailed the parts that were almost identical to the book.

One thing that had a die-hard LotR's book fan FUMING to the point of disgust were the elves showing up at the Helms Deep battle in the Twin Towers. I disagreed. I think Jackson corrected one of Tolkien's mistakes; those friggin' elves should have been there, dammit.