Mandatory "The Hobbit" thread [SPOILERS]
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Its been three days already! So who saw it? What did you think? No spoilers! (oh wait…)
I don't really like 3D, but this time was sexy, and so was Richard Armitage. Haven't read the books for 15 years (.. I was 8 then, actually...) but I liked what I did not remember. Despite varied critics, I was pleased and anxiously awaiting the next one. Can't believe its been 11 years since the first LOTR film either. Gee, time flies.
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It's amazing, no words can explain. Watch it
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“Comedic” moments ruined an otherwise top film for me. Didn’t like the Goblin King, much of Radaghast or the inclusion of the White Orc. Looking forward to the next one all the same. Not as good as any of the LotR triology, but I suppose it is catering to a younger audience. A solid 7/10.
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I enjoyed it incredibly much. I thought all of the actors were quite well cast with the exception of the youngest dwarf - who just kinda looked like a doofy dwarf from snow white. The 3d was amazing to me (I've never actually seen a movie in 3d - so it was a first.) I also really enjoyed the singing parts of it. But then - I dig that sort of thing too.
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EVERYONE DIES
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Seconding lavish's critique. Campy lines and ill-timed jobes ruined great moments, and some of the CG were rather cheesy (especially Smaug's gold at the end - ugh!) Nevertheless, the acting was solid from key figures such as Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, and - oh baby - dat Christopher Lee cameo. And, my god, did they get the unexpected party sequence spot on. 7/10, but slightly generous. Greatly looking forward to part two.
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Seconding lavish's critique. Campy lines and ill-timed jobes ruined great moments, and some of the CG were rather cheesy (especially Smaug's gold at the end - ugh!) Nevertheless, the acting was solid from key figures such as Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, and - oh baby - dat Christopher Lee cameo. And, my god, did they get the unexpected party sequence spot on. 7/10, but slightly generous. Greatly looking forward to part two.
Part Two?
It doesn't cover the whole book? I haven't seen it yet…
(It's been forty years since I've read it... but some of the comments regrading "campy" etc ring true to what I recall of the book itself) -
I think it's actually three parts
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It is. I'm concerned.
Guillermo, don't let us down.
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Part three: Bilbo finds himself on an epic journey to Mount Doom with Bard, dragging the body of Smaug to the lava. The only way to fully incapacitate it.
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The opening sequence was superb and Martin Freeman was great as Bilbo, but something didn't click for me.
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So a bit of a question, probably bordering on asshole. Is there any point in marking a thread about an adaptation of The Hobbit with spoilers?
If you've read the book, then you already have a general idea of what goes on. It's a bit strange, really.
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I loved it. It has a bit less serious notion to it, but then again, so does the book. I am going back to see it again tomorrow (Saw it at the midnight premiere). I liked the much more… adveture feel of it. Only thing i didnt like, is the Goblin King...
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Goblin king was pretty lame. It's okay that the members of the council "have high enough lore" to recognize an ancient sword… but a goblin leader? His character was changing, once a wise old fellow, once a comedian... and he died as a comedian? eh...
I will soon start the book over, and I think I will like it less and less. But I have to tell that the first part had much more moments when it portrayed the book's feeling well then any of the LotR series. The second half didn't.
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So a bit of a question, probably bordering on asshole. Is there any point in marking a thread about an adaptation of The Hobbit with spoilers?
If you've read the book, then you already have a general idea of what goes on. It's a bit strange, really.
I didn't put that spoilertag on, some DM edited that in later. If you read my first post you'll see that I made a jest on the matter.
And the thread is for discussing peoples feelings on the movie itself, so I don't see why that is a problem to you?And as you say: IF you read the book.. Not everyone have read it, so to some it might be spoilers. Don't assume everyone has just because most have.
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Yeah. I saw it yesterday.
Ouch.
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It's okay that the members of the council "have high enough lore" to recognize an ancient sword… but a goblin leader?
It's been a while since i read the Hobit but i belive the goblins and orcs did recognise and fear these swords. "Beater and Biter" they called them.
I thought Balin was the most effective fighter of the bunch. He had that wtf-pawn-some whirl-wind attack thing going.
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It's okay that the members of the council "have high enough lore" to recognize an ancient sword… but a goblin leader?
It's been a while since i read the Hobit but i belive the goblins and orcs did recognise and fear these swords. "Beater and Biter" they called them.
I thought Balin was the most effective fighter of the bunch. He had that wtf-pawn-some whirl-wind attack thing going.
memories start coming back…Not just a goblin leader, but all of em., didnt they?
what I want to know is when do they do some epics based on the SIlmarillion... -
Never. Silmarillion is all about details. Surely you know how folks treat details in holywood!
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Never. Silmarillion is all about details. Surely you know how folks treat details in holywood!
:)details. ehh. we don't need the begats, and which elf took his following here or there.
I want to see the same people who did Avatar do something with the Song, the Trees, the Light and so forth.