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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:53 pm
by Malcolm
The more I think about this flick (even after 2 viewings), it's disappointing in more than a couple ways. I'm giving it a C- currently, when the anti-handicap is adjusted.
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:33 pm
by GORDON
They finished up with Orlando Bloom on the set, and then they did this:
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:05 pm
by Paul
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:08 pm
by GORDON
He must have liked the scene with the giant eagles because he is a fan of the huge bird.
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:32 pm
by GORDON
"Sneak peek."
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:21 am
by TPRJones
I'm tempted to wait on the next movies until they all hit DVD and I can see it all at once.
It really should have been two movies instead of three.
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:27 am
by Leisher
I'm tempted to wait on the next movies until they all hit DVD and I can see it all at once.
I did that with the first trilogy, and will do so again.
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:28 pm
by GORDON
Saw the second movie tonight.
I am trying to think of a single thing that happened in this movie between Beorn's house and Laketown that was a faithful interpretation of the book. I can't think of a single thing that wasn't changed, and lots of things were added.
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:58 pm
by Malcolm
I am trying to think of a single thing that happened in this movie between Beorn's house and Laketown that was a faithful interpretation of the book.
I don't remember Bard being ... the way he was and I don't remember Beorn being that straightforward.
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:10 pm
by GORDON
Both of those things are correct.
some spoiler discussion follows I suppose.
Laketown in the book wasn't a mess the way it was in the movie. They were doing fine as a community. The dwarves were met with joy... prophecies foretold the king under the mountain would return, and gold would flow from the mountain again. Peeps were excited. The mayor was a little corrupt in the book, but wasn't murderous with his own version of Grima Wormtongue lite.
In the book it took a week to get from Laketown to the mountain. In the movie it was noon in the town and they had til sundown to find the secret door... and they would show the landscape and you'd think, "Yeah, they're donna need a few days just to traverse the foothills." But no. I can't see any reason they couldn't say, "We have 3 days to find the door before Durin's Day, so let's get a move on."
There was just no reason for a shitload of the changes they made.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:32 pm
by GORDON
These movies suck but here's a trailer for the 3rd one.
Still looks pretty shitty.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:38 pm
by TPRJones
There's a good movie hiding in those three films. Once they've all come out, then we'll get the fan edit that is the perfect two-hour Hobbit movie.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:39 pm
by GORDON
I just reread this thread... I was so excited in 2007 and so disgusted in 2014. It's like Star Wars and the prequels all over again.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:43 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:I just reread this thread... I was so excited in 2007 and so disgusted in 2014. It's like Star Wars and the prequels all over again.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not get nuts. If it turns out the One Ring is really just a surface for microscopic lifeforms to produce spores and live on, and those spores are putting all the ideas into the heads of the wearers, then we'll talk.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:04 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:I just reread this thread... I was so excited in 2007 and so disgusted in 2014. It's like Star Wars and the prequels all over again.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not get nuts. If it turns out the One Ring is really just a surface for microscopic lifeforms to produce spores and live on, and those spores are putting all the ideas into the heads of the wearers, then we'll talk.
Well why not? The movies so far have completely deviated from the book. The person or people who turned the book into a screenplay had no idea what the fucking point was, so why not change the nature of the ring?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:42 pm
by Paul
Ratagast and Legolas are going to bargain with Smaug, leading to a peaceful conclusion.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:05 pm
by TheCatt
Just watched the first one.
Wife: What did you think? You seemed bored.
Me: I was.
2nd one better?
We're watching the third on Friday.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:24 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:28 pm
by TPRJones
Agreed. Still way too much stretching.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:53 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:2nd one better?
No.
Unfortunately.
I get the feeling PJ just really didn't want to make these movies.