Connie, I got the impression that the statue was a project of Thorin‘s dad Thráin that was ongoing when Smaug first attacked the mountain.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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Tom Scola - Dec 25, 2013 4:17:43 pm PST #26129 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Connie Neil - Dec 25, 2013 4:24:23 pm PST #26130 of 30000
brillig
Oh, hadn't realized that.
Hubby and I and the audience gasped at where the movie ended. I was thinking they'd wrap up more stuff in this movie but I'm glad they're saving the carnage of Laketown for the next movie.
Scrappy - Dec 26, 2013 8:49:17 am PST #26131 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I gasped as well, Connie.
Saw Mitty yesterday. The friends we were with all loved it and the DH and I hated it. I found it all forced and fake and yuck.
-t - Dec 26, 2013 9:17:25 am PST #26132 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Scrappy, it pleases me that you hated Mitty. I hate it just from the ads.
Connie Neil - Dec 26, 2013 9:47:59 am PST #26133 of 30000
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The photography on Mitty looks gorgeous. I may see it in the dollar movie just to watch the landscapes.
Scrappy - Dec 26, 2013 9:56:15 am PST #26134 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It is beautifully shot. I'd say it's worth a dollar just for that.
Dana - Dec 26, 2013 9:57:02 am PST #26135 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I thought the trailers for it were quite well done, and did nothing to convince me that I would actually want to see the movie.
Connie Neil - Dec 26, 2013 10:04:18 am PST #26136 of 30000
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The line in the trailers about getting to Afghanistan via Yemen always makes me and Hubby laugh.
Amy - Dec 26, 2013 10:04:24 am PST #26137 of 30000
Because books.
There are not many Ben Stiller movies I want to see anymore. Actually any, I think.
Kalshane - Dec 26, 2013 10:55:54 am PST #26138 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Ben Stiller is one of those actors who I feel like I should like, but then I inevitably hate everything I see him in.
I think the last movie he was in that I enjoyed was Zero Effect.