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NancyBrooke
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Do, I was so glad to read your review! Especially since you are a Tolkien fan but were fresh to the Hobbit. Great perspective. Although I liked the films, there is a lot you and I agree on. I don't think this was a great movie, or even a great telling of the story, but I still enjoyed the getaway and am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, as it were.
| dolarabee wrote: | | Saw it yesterday, in 3D, in a Hoyts extreeeeemscreeeeen in HFR, the whole shabang. And meh. |
Yeah, last night's viewing was 3D and I wasn't sure until we asked guest services if we'd seen it in HFR or not (we had). Having also seen it in 2D Low FR there were some huge improvements. All the special effects shots were better. In 2D I really couldn't follow the fight action in Goblintown or with the trolls, but it was perfectly clear in 3DHFR. The non-effects long motion shots were dissapointingly still blurry, as in the gratuitous chase of wargs and rabbits over seemingly the plains of Rohan - the shots w/ Radagast were fine but the dwarves had motion blur. Also, lots of close-ups looked weird in 3DHRF, like Gandalf and Elrond at table w/ the dwarves. It looked like old fashioned holographic 3D, where the distance betw. cardboard cut outs is clear but they're still cardboard cut outs ... Clearly it's still a young technology.
| dolarabee wrote: | I never read the book. ... The whole invasion of Bilbo's kitchen got tedious. While I bought the singing, the slinging of dishes without one breaking was absurd ... the names didn't stick. Besides Thorin and Balin, I couldn't name one ... The eagles. Great. Unoriginal but since they show up, why not drop their cargo off right at the door of the Lonely Mountain?
But what I really found grating is how the orcs (and trolls, etc) are depicted. They talk, they joke, they have this huge, well-defined social hierarchy apparently |
Now, ironically, these are all aspects straight out of the book ...
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Did anyone else think the portrayal of Radagast owed a lot to Tom Bombadil?
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| Haleth wrote: | | Did anyone else think the portrayal of Radagast owed a lot to Tom Bombadil? |
A bit, but he wasn't any more like My Head Tom than he was My Head Radagast. :/ I guess they just don't trust contemporary audiences to 'get' those characters as they were written.
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I have to confess this. I'm as much a Richard Armitage fangirl as anybody (I mean, lordy hell, that man's voice alone could lure a girl out of a shoe store), but I think PJ overdid the "he was an angsty beleaguered dwarf prince" thing a teensy bit. Also with the dramatic poses against the sunset with his hair all afluttery in the breeze and the preponderence of slow-motion battle bits.
Again, I liked it -- because I'm female that way -- but I can see why someone with slightly fewer hormones might snicker. |
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| Viv wrote: | I have to confess this. I'm as much a Richard Armitage fangirl as anybody (I mean, lordy hell, that man's voice alone could lure a girl out of a shoe store), but I think PJ overdid the "he was an angsty beleaguered dwarf prince" thing a teensy bit. Also with the dramatic poses against the sunset with his hair all afluttery in the breeze and the preponderence of slow-motion battle bits.
Again, I liked it -- because I'm female that way -- but I can see why someone with slightly fewer hormones might snicker. |
I don't know. My hormones were too busy boiling over for me to tell.
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^That^
I only took 3 expectations into the Hobbit...
1) I expected that every time Thorin was on screen, I was going to cream my jeans to the point the kiddie pool would over flow and I would find myself in the floor numerous times. Expectation met.
2) I expected that every time Fili, Kili, or any combination of Fili and Kili were on screen, my nipples would perk. one for Fili. One for Kili. Expectation met. (And i think FIli is hotter than Kili - I want to grab his mustache and use them like reins when I ride.)
3) I expected to have soft fuzzy feels somewhere for Bofur. Expectation met.
What I did NOT expect was when Bilbo opened the door to Dwalin, was for every submissive pore in my body to hit the floor screaming - I WANT TO SERVE YOU!!!!!! That has only happened one other time... Lord Vaako, if you must know...
Very... strangely weird...  
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| ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: | ^That^
I only took 3 expectations into the Hobbit...
1) I expected that every time Thorin was on screen, I was going to cream my jeans to the point the kiddie pool would over flow and I would find myself in the floor numerous times. Expectation met.
2) I expected that every time Fili, Kili, or any combination of Fili and Kili were on screen, my nipples would perk. one for Fili. One for Kili. Expectation met. (And i think FIli is hotter than Kili - I want to grab his mustache and use them like reins when I ride.)
3) I expected to have soft fuzzy feels somewhere for Bofur. Expectation met.
What I did NOT expect was when Bilbo opened the door to Dwalin, was for every submissive pore in my body to hit the floor screaming - I WANT TO SERVE YOU!!!!!! That has only happened one other time... Lord Vaako, if you must know...
Very... strangely weird... |
That might be just a bit of an overshare there, Zee.  That said, I'd have a hard time tossing either of the nephews outta bed for eating crackers. Thorin's a wee bit on the "mature" side for me. Likeise Dwalin, in spite of the accent. (Gawd I'm a sucker for accents.)
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| NeumeIndil wrote: | | ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: | ^That^
I only took 3 expectations into the Hobbit...
1) I expected that every time Thorin was on screen, I was going to cream my jeans to the point the kiddie pool would over flow and I would find myself in the floor numerous times. Expectation met.
2) I expected that every time Fili, Kili, or any combination of Fili and Kili were on screen, my nipples would perk. one for Fili. One for Kili. Expectation met. (And i think FIli is hotter than Kili - I want to grab his mustache and use them like reins when I ride.)
3) I expected to have soft fuzzy feels somewhere for Bofur. Expectation met.
What I did NOT expect was when Bilbo opened the door to Dwalin, was for every submissive pore in my body to hit the floor screaming - I WANT TO SERVE YOU!!!!!! That has only happened one other time... Lord Vaako, if you must know...
Very... strangely weird... |
That might be just a bit of an overshare there, Zee. That said, I'd have a hard time tossing either of the nephews outta bed for eating crackers. Thorin's a wee bit on the "mature" side for me. Likeise Dwalin, in spite of the accent. (Gawd I'm a sucker for accents.) |
Hello and welcome to OMGWHATJUSTFELLOUTTAZEE'SMOUTH???
Richard is 9 years younger than me. I don't feel so bad perving over him as I do perving over Karl who is MORE than 10 years younger than me, happily married and has kids. Graham is pretty much close to my age and Fili and Kili are both WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to young for me to do more than just... damn.
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| ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: |
Hello and welcome to OMGWHATJUSTFELLOUTTAZEE'SMOUTH???
Richard is 9 years younger than me. I don't feel so bad perving over him as I do perving over Karl who is MORE than 10 years younger than me, happily married and has kids. Graham is pretty much close to my age and Fili and Kili are both WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to young for me to do more than just... damn. |
Dean O'Gorman (Fili) born in 1976: Aidan Turner (Kili) born in 1983... Think I've finally found a perk to being 30!
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dolarabee
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| ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: | | What I did NOT expect was when Bilbo opened the door to Dwalin, was for every submissive pore in my body to hit the floor screaming - I WANT TO SERVE YOU!!!!!! That has only happened one other time... Lord Vaako, if you must know... |
Lord Vaako... mmm... totally get it. Can't say I do for Dwalin but that doesn't make it wrong. 
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dolarabee
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| Viv wrote: | I have to confess this. I'm as much a Richard Armitage fangirl as anybody (I mean, lordy hell, that man's voice alone could lure a girl out of a shoe store), but I think PJ overdid the "he was an angsty beleaguered dwarf prince" thing a teensy bit. Also with the dramatic poses against the sunset with his hair all afluttery in the breeze and the preponderence of slow-motion battle bits.
Again, I liked it -- because I'm female that way -- but I can see why someone with slightly fewer hormones might snicker. |
Totally. OMG, am I one of those with less hormones? Has my change started?!
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dolarabee
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Do, I was so glad to read your review! Especially since you are a Tolkien fan but were fresh to the Hobbit. Great perspective. Although I liked the films, there is a lot you and I agree on. I don't think this was a great movie, or even a great telling of the story, but I still enjoyed the getaway and am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, as it were. |
'Course not. (and thank you.)
| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Having also seen it in 2D Low FR there were some huge improvements. |
Oh, glad to know!
| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Also, lots of close-ups looked weird in 3DHRF, like Gandalf and Elrond at table w/ the dwarves. It looked like old fashioned holographic 3D, where the distance betw. cardboard cut outs is clear but they're still cardboard cut outs ... Clearly it's still a young technology. |
You're certainly not the first one to mention this and I've also read it in reviews. Young technology indeed.
| NancyBrooke wrote: | | dolarabee wrote: | I never read the book. ... The whole invasion of Bilbo's kitchen got tedious. While I bought the singing, the slinging of dishes without one breaking was absurd ... the names didn't stick. Besides Thorin and Balin, I couldn't name one ... The eagles. Great. Unoriginal but since they show up, why not drop their cargo off right at the door of the Lonely Mountain?
But what I really found grating is how the orcs (and trolls, etc) are depicted. They talk, they joke, they have this huge, well-defined social hierarchy apparently |
Now, ironically, these are all aspects straight out of the book ... |
Really? Then a good move I elected to stay away from it all these years. 
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ZeeDrippyVessel
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| dolarabee wrote: | | ZeeDrippyVessel wrote: | | What I did NOT expect was when Bilbo opened the door to Dwalin, was for every submissive pore in my body to hit the floor screaming - I WANT TO SERVE YOU!!!!!! That has only happened one other time... Lord Vaako, if you must know... |
Lord Vaako... mmm... totally get it. Can't say I do for Dwalin but that doesn't make it wrong. |
Dwalin is totally badass Dom. Thorin is Dom-mer, but Dwalin... he's no slouch...
I'll shut up now.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Maybe I'm spending too much time on FB, but I think we need a [like] button, 'cause I don't really have anything to say to all ^this^, I'm just grinnin' and chucklin'.
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Perhaps a "like" smiley?
Or this one? 
Or you can always bust out the dancing vegetation. 
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