Despite well-grounded criticism, the Hobbit trilogy serves as a welcome chronicle of one man's spiritual development and fight against the temptations of greed and power.

虽然，这些批评言之有理，但《霍比特人》三部曲仍然是一部颇受欢迎的“编年史”，记录了一个人战胜贪婪与权利的诱惑，灵魂得到升华的过程。

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J.R.R. Tolkien changed the face of the fantasy genre when he published "the Hobbit" in 1937 and subsequently his famous "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

凭着1937年出版的小说《霍比特人》和后来的《指环王》三部曲，J.R.R.托尔金改变了幻想流派的面貌。

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He was the scout and manager for all three Lord of the Rings films and for The Hobbit trilogy. (Scouting for The Hobbit alone, he said, took the better part of four years).

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But even within The Hobbit Trilogy itself there may be technical improvements in post-production that will address some of these issues in the forthcoming installments, The Desolation of Smaug (to be released on December 13, 2013) and There And Back Again (July 18, 2014).

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Cumberbatch is the voice of Smaug in the upcoming Hobbit trilogy, and the as-of-yet unnamed villain in the Star Trek sequel.

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