I liked it. There are some nitpicks, but overall it is enjoyable
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 14/12/2012 04:50:28 PM
I mean, of course there are nitpicks:
It's a bit slow to start off, the Radagast stuff feels a little weird, there's some stuff that could have been left on the cutting room floor.
But for all that, once it picks up, the movie stays pretty exciting. Radagast is on screen for maybe ten minutes, total. Yeah, it probably could have been cut down to 2 and a half hours and not lost anything, but whatever.
I enjoyed it- Bilbo is excellent, and the dwarves are pretty neat (although there's no way in hell I'll be able to differentiate them more than "That's the smart guy," "that's the wise cracking guy," and "that's the fat guy."
There are other nitpicks- the dwarves seem to run away a lot, there aren't any women barring an elvish coffee pourer and Galadrial- but they're not a big deal.
The 48fps thing... I am not a fan. It didn't make me hate the movie, but it definitely didn't make it any better. Everything looked like it was being recorded with a video camera.
The 3D was fine, but again, I think it would have been just as fine without it.
Oh, and the Gollum sequence was excellent- an excellent blend of menace and humor.
It's a bit slow to start off, the Radagast stuff feels a little weird, there's some stuff that could have been left on the cutting room floor.
But for all that, once it picks up, the movie stays pretty exciting. Radagast is on screen for maybe ten minutes, total. Yeah, it probably could have been cut down to 2 and a half hours and not lost anything, but whatever.
I enjoyed it- Bilbo is excellent, and the dwarves are pretty neat (although there's no way in hell I'll be able to differentiate them more than "That's the smart guy," "that's the wise cracking guy," and "that's the fat guy."
There are other nitpicks- the dwarves seem to run away a lot, there aren't any women barring an elvish coffee pourer and Galadrial- but they're not a big deal.
The 48fps thing... I am not a fan. It didn't make me hate the movie, but it definitely didn't make it any better. Everything looked like it was being recorded with a video camera.
The 3D was fine, but again, I think it would have been just as fine without it.
Oh, and the Gollum sequence was excellent- an excellent blend of menace and humor.
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The Hobbit - Discussion thread and first thoughts
- 13/12/2012 12:21:52 AM
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As for the 3D...
- 13/12/2012 04:18:43 PM
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I wouldn't call it a rash - more like chafing.
- 14/12/2012 04:36:42 PM
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I liked it. There are some nitpicks, but overall it is enjoyable
- 14/12/2012 04:50:28 PM
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I think two words have killed this movie for me: "orc nemesis"
- 15/12/2012 02:00:33 AM
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To be fair, it's an orc nemesis from the books.
- 15/12/2012 07:23:16 PM
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Wait are we talking about Azog here?
- 16/12/2012 01:08:11 AM
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Looks like it.
- 16/12/2012 12:19:19 PM
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There was not an orc nemesis in the books
- 16/12/2012 01:55:59 PM
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There actually was in Tolkein's mind, it is just contained in a different book. *NM*
- 28/12/2012 02:37:13 PM
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If you haven't seen it, you really can't judge. It's not a big deal
- 09/01/2013 04:13:48 AM
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I hated it, but I know I will be in the minority.
- 28/12/2012 02:45:26 PM
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I think any of those changes need to be viewed with the question, "Did it make a better movie?"
- 09/01/2013 04:25:32 AM
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Radagast? Bunny Sledge? Archrival Azog? The whole goblin cavern scene? It's a massacre alright. *NM*
- 11/01/2013 03:07:55 PM
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i actually liked the stone giant fight, that was part of the book which i appreciated in the film
- 08/01/2013 09:47:18 PM
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