[ SECRET POST #2871 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2871 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I actually agree with you on the pacing. I wasn't exactly bored during the action scenes, but I felt like the movie was almost nothing but action scenes. They could have put in some character scenes, since we still hardly know some of the dwarves.

I didn't see a problem with the specific actions during the confrontation with the dragon, but I was a bit disappointed that it was once again an action scene. In the book he and Bilbo just talk and when he can't find Bilbo (or the dwarves) he sets out for Lake Town.

Hmmmm...I don't remember being too bothered by that 'love' scene. And they do need that time together if they're to fall in love, so when else? I think that's another pacing/adaptation problem. Some of the things that took days/weeks in the book seemed to only last moments in the movie. Now, the Harry Potter movies aren't masterpieces, but they do mostly manage to convey that weeks/months pass and keep the pace up, so these movies should be able to do that as well. But they didn't even try.

I'm making it sound as if I didn't like it now, but I did. it's just that I did notice its flaws as well. Also, I rewatched LotR not too long ago and some of those action scenes can get pretty boring too after a while. Though of course, that's a re-watch at home, not a first time viewing in the cinema. The latter should be a bit more exciting.

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AYRT

I agree about the weeks/months thing. That was something I noticed too. It seemed like they were in Mirkwood for only a day (we never saw a dark night) so it seemed like they got lost right away, which seemed a little silly. But I have *mostly* come to accept that movie distance/time is different than the books and ignore those issues.

I looked up my review of the movie and in it I said that the scene in the dungeons between the elf and dwarf should've ended when she gave the stone back. I agree that if they are going to do a love story (or whatever), it does need some time to happen. But I felt that what needed to be accomplished in that scene with regards to their connection had been accomplished at that point and everything after that made the scene drag and didn't add anything useful.

In the book, the dragon does attack them on the mountain side. That's what I expected and would've liked to see. I do sort of like that the dwarves have a chance to face off against the dragon. I think from a movie perspective, you'd kind of need that. But I wish the mechanics of it had been more believable to me. And I agree that the conversation between Bilbo and the dragon was far more compelling than the action sequence at the end.

I also liked more than disliked the film, but you probably can't tell. ;)