The Hobbit

Hey guys! Did the self-proclaimed Hobbit freak and ultimate movie buff kind of see this whole The Rings Of Power thing coming?

He’s not gonna win for something like Lincoln.” To sum it up, he concludes, “If you’re a betting man, place your money on The Hobbit and get ready to reap your rewards.” Before our critics got in front of the camera, they hosted a podcast version in 2011, satirizing the phenom of two dudes with bad mics and no insight doing a show about movies. If Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, then I’ll say Peter Jackson is the King of Movies.” He’s sort of a personal hero of mine and to see him fully realized like this, it makes your heart skip a beat, it really does.” And then, he even throws in a sort of burn: “If you haven’t read The Hobbit yet what hole have you been living in? [Gregg’s Hobbit obsession](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj9AeDhmInc) (his other ride-or-die franchise is Bond, which he also claims will sweep the Oscars anytime a new installment releases), but we’ll leave you with the moment below, in which our movie expert pulls out a copy of The Silmarillion, J.R.R. For those not yet familiar with the On Cinema universe, basically, On Cinema At The Cinema is a Siskel & Ebert-type show in which Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, playing the characters Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, discuss upcoming movies. The Hobbit hole?” Tim, who likely hasn’t seen the movie—he never does—chimes in, “So I’m saying this right now, and everybody better be listening: This is the best film of the year; it’s gonna win an Oscar. Gregg triples down on this idea on Oscar night, claiming that, even though it didn’t get any of the nominations for those categories, the first Hobbit film would get write-in wins for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Picture, and Best Director. Obviously, Peter Jackson for The Hobbit is going to be the write-in favorite. [The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power](https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-2022) with a series of stories on all things Tolkien, from a [breakdown of the Second Age](https://www.avclub.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-primer-prime-1849439458) to a list of the [strangest video games based on LOTR](https://www.avclub.com/lord-of-the-rings-strangest-video-games-rings-of-power-1849477245) to an [ incredibly thorough recap of the first two eps of Prime Video’s very expensive new show by Matt Schimkowitz](https://www.avclub.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-review-season-1849467057). In his review of the franchise’s first installment, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which would not-so-surprisingly become the REAL Mister Movie’s favorite movie of all time, after saying he was literally marking off the days off on a calendar until its premiere and that he felt existentially lost after LOTR wrapped up, Turkington, giddily, gives a few choice insights, like, “Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit himself [...] makes this movie rock and roll. Gregg considers himself the “REAL Mister Movie” and the greatest critic of all time (although he is none of those things, and tends to talk more about runtimes and obscure, bad ’90s movies he owns on VHS), and Tim covers everything but the movies, which tends to be whatever fad he’s gone full-in on: conspiracy theories or instant loans or vaping or very alternative medicine or one of his terrible musical projects.