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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2012 9:05:03 am PST #23057 of 30000
brillig

Jilli, given the chapter title, I would imagine your whitefont would be in the next movie. That would be a good focus for the 2nd movie.


Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 9:08:22 am PST #23058 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jilli, no but part 1 is not entirely Ungoliant-spawn free either.


Atropa - Dec 07, 2012 9:08:28 am PST #23059 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Jilli, given the chapter title, I would imagine your whitefont would be in the next movie. That would be a good focus for the 2nd movie.

Thank you. I couldn't remember what happened in which chapters. The StuntHusband is going to the midnight showing, so he'll be able to let me know, too.


Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 9:10:54 am PST #23060 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Specifically, you will want to shield your eyes when Radagast is medicating the hedgehog.

(Whitefont is mildly spoilery for the movie but is not a scene that exists in the book.)


Atropa - Dec 07, 2012 9:19:14 am PST #23061 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Thank you, Jessica.


flea - Dec 07, 2012 11:44:48 am PST #23062 of 30000
information libertarian

What's the 6 and/or 9 year old rating? How tense are the scary bits?


Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 11:54:04 am PST #23063 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'd say fine for a 9 year-old but probably too intense for 6. (There's nothing in here to match the emotional intensity of RotK, but the orcs and goblins are legitimately scary.)

The movie does cut down significantly on the number of dead ponies as compared to the book, so that's something.

I think a 6 year-old could probably handle this fine on DVD (if they're used to "grown-up" movies in general) but not in theaters.


Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 11:59:34 am PST #23064 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh, and wargs. Any kids who are even a little bit afraid of dogs should not see this movie.


flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:01:10 pm PST #23065 of 30000
information libertarian

Thanks. Looking I see it is PG-13, and at 3 hours, I am tending to no for both of them. Casper is more sensitive to scary stuff than Dillo, and the only non-kids movies they've seen (all on DVD) are Galaxy Quest, the original Star Wars Trilogy, The Three Musketeers (with Gene Kelly!), and Ghostbusters.

The hard part will be dealing with the Tantrums of Disappointment.


flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:01:34 pm PST #23066 of 30000
information libertarian

Aaand Dillo is afraid of dogs.