I have no significant investment in Tolkien. I watched the LotR trilogy and enjoyed them all (for excellent acting and scenery and general grandeur and ambition of it all), tried to read the books and got stuck in book 2. Never read the Hobbit. Would I enjoy this movie? Does it have narrative cohesion and flow well enough to appeal to those who only know the vague outline of the story?
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
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Vonnie K - Dec 14, 2012 10:33:48 am PST #23147 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
P.M. Marc - Dec 14, 2012 10:42:59 am PST #23148 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think what's missing is the tone of innocence, which I think couldn't have been there when shot in this order.
I found that the tone of innocence was far more there than I'd thought it would be.
Liese S. - Dec 14, 2012 11:34:13 am PST #23149 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
You're probably right, it's there more than it could have been. But somehow I wish there was more. Maybe Suela's term, whimsy.
In other news, do any of you know where I left my Silmarillion? Because I can't find it. Ebook time? Is there an ebook Silmarillion?
Calli - Dec 14, 2012 11:48:02 am PST #23150 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Amazon has a Kindle edition of the Silmarillion. [link]
le nubian - Dec 14, 2012 9:21:17 pm PST #23151 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Some asshole (a professional movie critic no less) in my timeline compared "The Hobbit" to "The Phantom Menace."
Okay, even if I think "The Hobbit" is garbage when Beau and I see it tomorrow, ain't no possible way PJ fucked up that badly.
Ain't no way. Too many critics seem to enjoy doing an Armond White on movies and don't really know (or what to seriously assess) whether a movie is BAD or not.
Consuela - Dec 15, 2012 6:17:49 am PST #23152 of 30000
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Some asshole (a professional movie critic no less) in my timeline compared "The Hobbit" to "The Phantom Menace."
Yeah, no. It doesn't piss on the original by undercutting it. And the cast is uniformly good. But PJ does seem to have fallen in love with his technology to the detriment of the story.
chrismg - Dec 15, 2012 10:00:54 am PST #23153 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Heading out to see Hobbit in IMAX 3D 48 FPS.
If fall into movie will have Bilbo put message for you-all in the Red Book.
Juliebird - Dec 15, 2012 12:54:18 pm PST #23154 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My family is going to drag me to see The Hobbit. I get to sit next to my brother's girlfriend so we can both bitch about how we don't want to be there and didn't like the PJ LOTR trilogy to begin with.
le nubian - Dec 15, 2012 2:28:44 pm PST #23155 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha ha ha!
Sounds festive.
chrismg - Dec 15, 2012 2:45:40 pm PST #23156 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Well, I'm back.