[ SECRET POST #2197 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2197 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[othellia]

I couldn't care less about the bird poop thing (didn't think it was too distracting and fit his character), but I hated hated all the snot and fart jokes of the trolls and the blubbery scrotum hanging from the Goblin King's chin. And that's not in a "omg gross" way either.

I mean, I get the argument that the Hobbit's ~more for children~ than LOTR. I do. But "for children" and inserting a bit of comedy does not mean "aim for the lowest common denominator jokes." (Remember "Nobody throws a dwarf!"? Second breakfasts?) In those scenes, I seriously felt like I was watching some low budget cartoon that the writers, directors, and producers didn't give half an ass about because they weren't being paid enough to insert some actual thought. After remembering what they put into the original trilogy, it just felt insulting.

[(Anonymous)]

From what I remember, the trolls are pretty much like that in the books though. Corny toilet humor and all.

But it has been ages, so I could be wrong.

[othellia]

Eh... I couldn't remember too well either since I last read it 10 years ago, but I looked up a pdf version and the grossest thing they seem to do is:

"He took a big bite off a sheep's leg he was toasting, and wiped his lips on his sleeve."

To which the narrator responds:

"Yes, I am afraid trolls do behave like that, even those with only one head each."

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Second breakfast is at least canon - Hobbits enjoy something like six or seven substantial meals a day, when available.

[(Anonymous)]

This was my biggest problem with the movie. The humor was too often just way too childish and stupid and there really was WAY too much comic relief. I understand that the book is different from LOTR and aimed more at kids but still, because the movie ITSELF tries really hard to draw all of these connections to the first movie trilogy (with scenes that, btw, weren't in the book) it makes it really hard for the audience to try to separate this from LOTR and accept it as a different kind of adventure with different kind of atmosphere. I, as a big fan of LOTR movies, found this new baffling and the movie makers can partly be blamed of it.