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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/06 13:10:50
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Mighty Vampire Count
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TheMeanDM wrote:I really enjoyed this movie, even more than the first.
I didn't mind the female elf so much, though the love triangle thing was a bit....silly to me.
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I would absolutely LOVE to see Jackson tackle some of the stories from Silmarillion....especially the war vs. Morgoth.
Could TOTALLY include more dragons, balrogs, and heroes
The fall of Gondolin would also make a great movie!
Beren and Luthien would be good
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/06 18:01:25
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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I would actually watch the unholy crap out of a Jacksonized Silmarillion adaption (or well, part adaption since the whole thing is probably completely unfilmable). It's vague enough in characterisation that he could do what he liked pretty much and it's got lots and lots of ginormous battles and also enough romance in parts to satisfy any hollywood producer.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/06 21:33:19
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Finally saw this Saturday night. I enjoyed it, even though it was a bit drawn out - more drawn out than last season of "Revenge" according to one critic (which is funny to me because my wife watches that show). :LOL:
I REALLY like SMaug. What a kewl dragon. I also enjoyed Ghandalfs battle in the Necromancer's lair.. nicely done.
Now can anyone tell me why beers were $5.00, but soda was $6.50, and then you can't take alchohol into the theatre? Whazzup with that?
- J
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/06 21:42:58
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
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necrondog99 wrote:Finally saw this Saturday night. I enjoyed it, even though it was a bit drawn out - more drawn out than last season of "Revenge" according to one critic (which is funny to me because my wife watches that show). : LOL:
I REALLY like SMaug. What a kewl dragon. I also enjoyed Ghandalfs battle in the Necromancer's lair.. nicely done.
Now can anyone tell me why beers were $5.00, but soda was $6.50, and then you can't take alchohol into the theatre? Whazzup with that?
- J
You need to go to Alamo Drafthouse or Moviehouse Grill. I likes me some nice Crown on the rocks with a nice burger with my movies, or a cab and some pizza and Flix Brewhouse.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/07 15:51:58
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Calculating Commissar
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LordofHats wrote:And it will be glorious  (I hope)
LotR is about the only universe where I actually like Dwarves ( DA:O is there too I guess). I'm normally more of an Elf fellow, but Dwarves in Tolkien's universe are just plain bad ass. The actual LotR trilogy just doesn't feature them much, but Middle-Earth is a big enough universe with a large enough mythology provided by the author himself that you could launch numerous films, tv series, video games, whatever you want. I'm willing to sit back and see what others can do with his world.
I don't know why some love elves. I suppose to each their own but in most things elves are a bunch of little whiny, hippie, nature-loving, feminine pansies that think they're too good for everybody and see everybody as lesser. To be fair their skill at arms is the best though they probably couldn't take a hit if one was landed on them. I just can't enjoy elves in any sort of lore. They're usually a bunch of smug, arrogant, self-righteous b*stards that everybody loves to hate.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/07 15:59:40
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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"Never trust an elf."
-Gimli, the Marlboro Man of dwarves.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/07 15:59:55
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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They're usually a bunch of smug, arrogant, self-righteous b*stards that everybody loves to hate.
I like to play them in character, complete with scarf, hipster hat, and thick rim glasses *puts pipe in mouth*
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/07 17:26:33
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Mighty Vampire Count
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flamingkillamajig wrote: LordofHats wrote:And it will be glorious  (I hope)
LotR is about the only universe where I actually like Dwarves ( DA:O is there too I guess). I'm normally more of an Elf fellow, but Dwarves in Tolkien's universe are just plain bad ass. The actual LotR trilogy just doesn't feature them much, but Middle-Earth is a big enough universe with a large enough mythology provided by the author himself that you could launch numerous films, tv series, video games, whatever you want. I'm willing to sit back and see what others can do with his world.
I don't know why some love elves. I suppose to each their own but in most things elves are a bunch of little whiny, hippie, nature-loving, feminine pansies that think they're too good for everybody and see everybody as lesser. To be fair their skill at arms is the best though they probably couldn't take a hit if one was landed on them. I just can't enjoy elves in any sort of lore. They're usually a bunch of smug, arrogant, self-righteous b*stards that everybody loves to hate.
Thats D+D Elves - Tolkein and similar Elves are faster, stronger, tougher than humans and similar races - they are arrogant in LOTR partially because they actually are sooo much better at everything.
Its one of the things the recent films got very right.
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"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/08 02:07:21
Subject: Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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flamingkillamajig wrote:
I don't know why some love elves. I suppose to each their own but in most things elves are a bunch of little whiny, hippie, nature-loving, feminine pansies that think they're too good for everybody and see everybody as lesser. To be fair their skill at arms is the best though they probably couldn't take a hit if one was landed on them. I just can't enjoy elves in any sort of lore. They're usually a bunch of smug, arrogant, self-righteous b*stards that everybody loves to hate.
Keebler might disagree.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/01/08 02:14:50
Subject: Re:Dakka's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Reviews
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sebster wrote:I enjoyed this second Hobbit movie a lot more than the first one. I'm not sure this is because it's actually much better, I suspect its more because the first film lowered my expectations considerably. If you go to McDonalds expecting a good hamburger you're just going to be disappointed, but if you expect nothing more than McDonalds you might even enjoy it for what it is.
My problem basically, is that there are lots and lots of good bits, Bilbo's character development, the creation of Rivertown, the spider lair, Smaug, and above all else the reveal of the Necromancer to Gandalf, the and the variation of the image of the flaming eye was just marvellous.
But then among all the good bits there's some really jarring bits. In the Hobbit films this seems to be mostly in the action scenes, which are weighted far too heavily towards spectacle. Nothing in this film was as bad as the great goblin roller coaster trap in the first movie, but the barrel ride down the river came close, and the scene with the spiders was pretty good up until they started chopping apart spiders left and right like a video game.
Ultimately, I've walked out of both movies so far pretty happy, but with a heavy dose of what could have been, if only there was a little more restraint shown.
Grey Templar wrote:A little, but then again the greatest Dragon since Ancalagong the Black dying to just a normal arrow is a little silly when you think about it. even a special Black Arrow.
That's one of the things I really liked about the book - that just it was just an ordinary bow, shot by an ordinary (albeit very heroic) human that slayed a dragon. One of the things that's always annoyed me about so much heroic fiction is that only big heroes and big villains and special monsters can touch each other, the vast armies of regular troops are basically just there to get slaughtered.
All those thousands of troops turning up should have some feeling of relevance to the events, I think. When hundreds of archers loose arrows at the dragon and we're sitting there knowing they won't do anything because there's a special ballista that the hero has to get to, then there's a problem with the drama.
I agree. One thing in the books is the fact that it is the little things that larger events hinge on. The big heroes are there, but in the end, it's the small things that carry the day.
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