Xander ,'Lessons'
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Matt, that's hilarious.
I was actually surprised by how emotionally invested I was in an over-the-top story about giant robots. For the most part. There were certainly parts, like those I mentioned above, where I was thinking "Well, that's just silly."
SMAUG.
That's all I got right now. Just, I was not disappointed.
SMAUG.
That said, I was really glad I calibrated my expectations low. Because that was a seriously bloated movie. And the deeply stupid romancey thing between Kili and Tauriel nearly had my niece gagging. And the ridiculous roller-coaster ride where they fought orcs from barrels in the river.
I came out of the movie and announced that it felt like PJ had heard an outline of the story once from a drunk guy in a bar, and wrote the screenplay based on that, just filling in bits with longass fight scenes as he went.
There were some good bits, I admit. Visually stunning for the most part. And I liked all the cast, except Lee Pace, who just didn't work for me. And poor Orlando Bloom looked pretty constipated for most of his scenes. But it was really pretty!
In summary, I'm really looking forward to the Fan Edit of this movie.
Has there been a "Phantom Edit" of the first Hobbit movie?
I sure hope so, Kalshane. Or maybe there will be a single 3-hour Phantom Edit of the whole trilogy.
The two teenage girls I saw the movie with were not especially impressed. They thought Smaug was the best character, and the romance was adorbs, and the rest was Dumb. They barely recognized Legolas. They failed to realize that the woman Kili was talking about in his delirium was indeed Tauriel; they thought he was talking about some other dwarf girl and "Talia"'s heart was broken. Granted they spent most of the movie huddled up next to each other giggling, so maybe they weren't paying very close attention.
Or maybe there will be a single 3-hour Phantom Edit of the whole trilogy.
This is what I want.
Plei, how bad are the spider scenes? Are we talking a FUCK NO CLOSE YOUR EYES DON'T OPEN THEM AT ALL level, or will I be able to white-knuckle through it?
Not Plei, but close your eyes and don't look. Just....no.
Not Plei, but I'm thinking the scene is at FUCK NO level.