Last night, I watched His Girl Friday, which was fun and fast-paced, and then I watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which was only infrequently the former and not even once the latter. Seriously, the idea that I am now only a third of the way done with Peter Jackson’s three-part movie just makes me feel weary. Rather than cut out the book’s boring bits — and I’m sorry, Tolkien fans, but there are plenty — Jackson somehow adds more. It’s not without its occasional charms — Martin Freeman is good, as is Andy Serkis, however much they do over-use Gollum across all the films — but it’s also just plain exhausting. Which is really the last thing you want a fantasy adventure story to be.
His Girl Friday was a lot of fun, though.