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.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Zenkitty - Dec 16, 2013 5:28:40 pm PST #26054 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
amych - Dec 16, 2013 5:35:28 pm PST #26055 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Or maybe there will be a single 3-hour Phantom Edit of the whole trilogy.
This is what I want.
Atropa - Dec 16, 2013 5:51:19 pm PST #26056 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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?
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2013 5:55:16 pm PST #26057 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Not Plei, but close your eyes and don't look. Just....no.
Zenkitty - Dec 16, 2013 5:55:44 pm PST #26058 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Not Plei, but I'm thinking the scene is at FUCK NO level.
Atropa - Dec 16, 2013 6:07:14 pm PST #26059 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
That is the impression StuntHusband gave me, but I figured I should get some more opinions.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2013 6:07:56 pm PST #26060 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I normally don't have Jillifont issues and I wish I'd kept my eyes closed.
P.M. Marc - Dec 16, 2013 7:33:41 pm PST #26061 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
It's about as bad as it gets, Jilli.
Movie needed MOAR SMAUG.
Because, well, dragons!
Paul, being fonder of the actual source texts than I am (the writing style is not my thing), would have preferred more Beorn.
We both made the o.0 at the barrels.
Unlike me, he didn't watch the stupid animated Hobbit movie a million zillion times (I have The Greatest Adventure stuck in my head now, AGAIN, and I don't care if it's awful and dumb and whatever, I STILL AM FOND), so that limited my ability to have the deep discussion about differences in adaptations. Though it was amusing to outline the climactic differences in the animated movie vs. the book as we speculated about Hobbit 3.
Apparently, I have a deeper fondness for The Hobbit than I do for the rest of the Middle Earth stuff, though, so I've actually liked these movies more.
le nubian - Dec 16, 2013 8:08:04 pm PST #26062 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jilli,
I'm not an arachnophobe and those scenes nearly put me under the chair. Do not open your eyes even once.
Nothing good will come of it.
Burrell - Dec 16, 2013 8:39:37 pm PST #26063 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Uh oh. I better warn my kids.
So Franny has decided that taking a few friends to see The Hobbit will suffice for the lack of birthday party this year. Isaac is possibly on board as well.