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⌈ Secret Post #2918 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/c3RFqyl.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I'm also a fairly hardcore Tolkien fan and have hung out with quite a few purist-types. So far (baring some issues -- perhaps the same ones you dislike), they have been fairly positive about the last film. There's been some grousing but I think it's much less than DoS. Most people seem satisfied overall.

[alexi_lupin]

I just love Thranduil's majestic elk.

[(Anonymous)]

Me too! At first I thought, why the elk with the great big antlers? And then I realized that it forced Bard to ride off to the side and slightly behind. Hahaha! Trust Thranduil to find a stylish way to put others in their place. I loved Thranduil in that movie; he was such a magnificent bastard.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, I'm mostly with you on this. I thought a LOT of it was alarmingly cheesy, like I gotta say around two-thirds of it, but then Thorin [SPOILER......!!] shook off the dragon sickness, and all of a sudden everything just clunked into place and everything that came after that was just PERFECT.

Now, that's two-thirds of three hours. But to act like I'm not gonna go see it again with my brother would be a lie.

[(Anonymous)]

This movie gave me so much joy. Joy everywhere, although mostly at Galadriel carrying Gandalf like a swooning maiden and the war elk/war piggy/war goats. And Bard's son being awesome. And Thranduil kicking ass like "ughh you peasants are messing up my hair with your blood and ichor", with his son riding all the things. And Nori's fabulous pentagonal war hat. And I shipped Kili and Tauriel all day idek.

[(Anonymous)]

Battle Pig was the best thing that ever happened to me.

[philstar22]

This. Loved, loved, loved it. I'm a huge Tolkien fan, but I don't care. The movies are a separate thing to me and awesome in their own right. And this one was my favorite of the three Hobbit movies. There were a couple things I didn't like, but for the most part I was totally and completely sold. Yes, even on the Tauriel and Tauriel/Kili stuff. Don't care. They were adorable.

[(Anonymous)]

Most of my reason for not checking it out is because they've been so, so pushing the Big Hero Thorin thing and I hated him in the book, think he's less of a dick moose in the movies, but they lay it on thick.

[diet_poison]

"dick moose" - gonna have to save that one and use it myself.

[(Anonymous)]

Loved it mostly, even Tauriel/Kili.

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh I have such mixed feelings about these movies.

There's a lot I dislike about them - the overuse of CGI, the cheesy/hammy scenes that don't quite work, Nuclear Galadriel, the dragging on battle scenes, the forced romantic subplot...
Apparently Christopher Tolkien was really upset that Disney got the rights for The Hobbit, and that makes me sad. It is so obviously a cash-grab.

But on the other hand, the central story with Bilbo, and Thorin's character arc, is so strong and narratively satisfying, especially in the final film. And I did have fun watching it, so it's not a total waste.

So. I just don't know how to feel.

[nightscale]

I'm the same, there certainly were some bits I didn't care for or like but they weren't enough to detract from my overall enjoyment of the film.

[elaminator]

Haven't seen this yet, been meaning to, but these are fun films. I did feel that DOS was a bit long and poorly paced (and just generally not as good as Unexpected Journey), but I still felt it was worth the watch. There's always going to be people who criticize your taste. *shrugs* Some Tolkien fans feel that the LOTR films are sacrilegious...I just ignore those people.

[(Anonymous)]

I loved all 3 & I've been a Tolkien fan for about 15 years. I get why people don't like them, I do. But I don't care. I love them.

[(Anonymous)]

For a Tolkien nut like I was as a kid, I'm still amazed there are any movies at all, never mind these extravaganzas. I don't mind if they get it a little wrong or beef up the action for the rest of the crowd. That they exist at all makes me happy.

For years I got by on that Bakshi animation, which I watched to death even though it stopped at Helm's Deep, as well as my BBC audiobooks on tape.

Even though I felt like I was nearly entirely against the tide of popular opinion, I was delighted when they stretched The Hobbit to three movies.

[(Anonymous)]

Unpopular opinion but I hated the book.

[(Anonymous)]

I liked the third one more than the first two Hobbit movies. The first one was kind of "where are you going to end this to make enough for three movies?" and the dwarf party went on way, way, way too long for me. The second one I found dull. But this one was good, I enjoyed it.

[alenxa]

About the only thing I didn't like about the movie was the damn sideways tower in the crevice. Yeah yeah, Magical Physics are Different, but this wasn't a magical building. Thing should've collapsed with the first boulder hit the same way it would've done if hit while upright. Not even Legolas and the air-stairs brought enough Rule of Cool to save that one.

Also, I have dubbed the war elk the Dom-Land Caribou. In case anyone else was fortunate enough to have found that site years ago.

[asecretchord]

I had the Lord of the Rings damned near memorised before I read The Hobbit, so I was expecting something much more epic in scale and it…wasn't, so I'm delighted that PJ filled in all the missing pieces from the Appendices to give me the full Red Book of the Periannath, and The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings in hopes that I'd actually understand why there was a Battle of the Five Armies at all.

I love The Hobbit movies and must be one of six people in the entire world who didn't see the expansion as a cash grab. My only complaint is that PJ could have done a better job with pacing, which, on the whole, isn't a bad complaint to have.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I read a long and very critical review on Deviant Art. I agreed with that review, that the movie had faults... but it was still a movie I don't regret going to see.

Any of the bits I dislike? Rewrite them in RP!

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, what a coincidence! I just realized I've been an ex-Tolkien fan for about 22 years!

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it was awesome as hell. There's a bunch of stuff that wasn't in the book but I thought the stuff they added was cool so I didn't mind it.

[fishnchips]

I honestly think that movie was a trainwreck in a lot of ways but when I lost it was when they were all sitting inside the damn fortress all decked out in shiny new armour and weapons and all and then when they actually went out to fight they TOOK THEM THE FUCK OFF. I was so weirdly angry at that - sure it was meant to be ~symbolic~ and all but fuck it was damn stupid.

But I loved the armies' battle choreography/directing. It was awesome and I would have loved more of it and less of the Mary Sue teaching Thranduil the meaning of love.

[arcadiaego]

I've been a Tolkien fan for longer than that, and I feel the same. If anyone wants to doubt my credentials, they can suck it.