About this episode

The episode analyzes the first film of the Hobbit trilogy, discussing its strengths and weaknesses.

We look at the first (and best?) of the much maligned Hobbit trilogy and how it’s weighed down by trying to do too much, despite some good character work. Upcoming episodes: Desolation of Smaug and Battle of Five Armies (Patreon exclusive), and Daredevil Born Again Season 1, Link to Evan’s Hobbit Scripts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HvGXd4KcDejSsMsXVkAupOvPjekX80QL?usp=drive_link Check out our Patreon with bonus episodes and watchalongs: https://www.patreon.com/c/intanalysis Join our discord for free: https://discord.gg/yNE2YWdF Follow the show on Instagram @intanalysispod and on Bluesky @ intanalysispod.bsky.social Follow Jelani on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram @jelanitkelly Follow Evan on Bluesky @ ev-wess.bsky.social on Instagram and Letterboxd @ev_wess Follow Angel on Bluesky @ angelsarch15.bsky.social on Instagram @angelsarch15 @ angelmichelli.film @serenitycinema1 and on Letterboxd @serenitycinema Our logo is by Kelsey Hendry

People in this episode

Host: Evan Wessman

Topics covered

• Hobbit trilogy
• film analysis
• character work
• upcoming episodes
• Patreon content

Keywords

• Hobbit
• film analysis
• character development
• trilogy
• Evan Wessman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Discord, Instagram, Bluesky, Letterboxd

Books & works: The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, Desolation of Smaug, Battle of Five Armies, Daredevil Born Again Season 1

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