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Have no interest in seeing this at all, left 30 minutes into the first film last year. Would rather take a bath with a toaster!
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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I admit that I've never made it all the way through the book, but it still baffles my mind that they are getting three movies out of it. Isn't it shorter than any one of the books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
And for some reason that picture of Evangeline Lilly looks more like something out of the local Renaissance fair. There's something incredibly cheap looking about her costume.
^ It's not just The Hobbit being stretched out. It's based on other MIddle-Earth stories written by Tolkien that tie into the same time period.
Having said that, The above character is a complete invention of Peter Jackson & Co. and while I know this was shot before Pixar's Brave was released, she just looks like Merida after she got hold of some straightener and a hair iron. :-/
I'm still unsure about the character of Tauriel. I hope she works out fine but I'm not getting my hopes up
I'm not a fan of the costumes in this movie. Any reason why Ngila Dickson wasn't involved in the Hobbit movies? Her costume designs for the Lord of the Rings movies were amazing.
The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2
The first Hobbit movie was stretched so thin, I will pass on the sequels.
This should have been one film, not three, or even two.
I was excited to get the "extended versions" of the Lord of the Rings movies. With the Hobbit, I'll be excited to get the "condensed version," where they take nine hours of bloat and whittle it down to one movie.
I can only hope it happens. Until then, I won't bother.
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I'm not a CGI hater, but I do wish they would scale back a little. A lot of shots in that trailer look like graphics for a video game more than a movie.
I agree. The Lord of the Rings films were much more grounded in reality via physical sets and the use of miniatures. I am afraid the Hobbit is starting to resemble the Star Wars prequels. I believe CGI is a valuable visual tool as a complement to physical and practical effects.
The look of the film is impressive, just as it was the first four times I saw it.
The problem isn't the art direction or the trailer. It's the repetitive content.
The same characters spouting almost exactly the same lines with the same backgrounds in the same costumes.
Swords are drawn, the camera pans around a panoramic view, extreme closeups of nervous dwarfs by candlelight, somebody blowing smoke from a pipe, talk of war and a great battle, then some giant creature growling that we can't quite see.
End of trailer.
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I liked the Hobbit quite a bit, but I agree 100% with Besty.
Another recurring motif occurs when someone (usually Gandalf) makes an inspiring speech. The music cue is the same for every one of these speeches and the actors actually turn away from the character they're speaking with and look to the camera or off in the distance.
It's so similar I actually giggle. Check the scene in The Hobbit when Gandalf gives his "ordinary folks doing ordinary deeds" speech to Galadriel.
It's like "ok, here we go with a semi-profound sentiment that encapsulates the main theme again". The first time you don't really notice, but by The Hobbit it's been so over-used it just looks silly.
The problem with sequels or "seprequels" or whatever they are retroactively called for future past stories ...
They tend to rob my memory of the earlier (better) work.
I absolutely loved the original LOTR films. Even (and especially) in their extended editions. Initially, it was an acquired taste. But once acquired, it was love for the rest of the journey. And the third film is a masterpiece from start to finish.
The first Hobbit film felt like I was visiting one of my favorite vacation destinations, only to have my second trip lose a lot of the magic and luster. It kept reminding me of my first "vacation," rather than taking me on a new one.
Still ... I will probably rent "Hobbit II: Electric Dragon Poo," like I did with the first Hobbit movie. I surfed the 'Net while watching it and waited for those dwarfs to stop feasting for 65 minutes and start the damn story.
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