tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post7816569330170651708..comments2023-04-11T19:58:01.932-05:00Comments on Snippets and Speculations: Review: The Desolation of SmaugAwdurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548931075533962924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-72293851919049758162017-03-03T15:44:27.707-06:002017-03-03T15:44:27.707-06:00I dressed up as Tauriel once. I dressed up as Tauriel once. MiddleEarthMusicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108115294850581985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-2298244576581646972017-03-03T08:11:24.063-06:002017-03-03T08:11:24.063-06:00I dressed as an anonymous elven lady. :) Really?! ...I dressed as an anonymous elven lady. :) Really?! Okay... that's redeemed Peter Jackson a little in my opinion now... a little. ;P I still think it should have been in the theatre cut. Well, I'm glad you can like it. I really wanted to! Awdurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548931075533962924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-36730611267333369232017-03-02T15:41:39.893-06:002017-03-02T15:41:39.893-06:00I, for one, loved this movie. Sorry, I'm in th...I, for one, loved this movie. Sorry, I'm in the minority. Who did you dress up as? I never realized, Beorn does look like Chewbacca! Actually, in the Special Extended version, they have that scene you like at Beorn's house and it's HILARIOUS, but DON'T watch the Special Extended version (unless you already have). There's an inappropriate scene at the beginning. :( MiddleEarthMusicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108115294850581985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-54110088208230195492014-01-11T13:40:11.538-06:002014-01-11T13:40:11.538-06:00Agreed! Legolas and his stupid girl friend got mor...Agreed! Legolas and his stupid girl friend got more screen time than Martin Freeman, do the words 'The HOBBIT' mean nothing to you Peter Jackson? I also don't like how dark it was, I mean it is a mountain...one little mountain that is at stake. Whereas in the trilogy it is all of middle earth. Oh by the way..." badly done Emma, badly done" Am I a kindred Spirit now? I have no hopes for the third one, this will only get worse...SPITE PETER JACKSON, whoever you are, I agree with you. I can't believe that these terrible movies came from the man who used to be my hero for doing so well on the Lord of The Rings trilogy....Here is how I see it<br>The Trilogy...the beautiful trilogy, is the wonderful kingdom of the dwarves, giving beauty and truth to all the world. Peter Jackson is Thror, once he made and supported Beauty and Truth, and now....The Hobbit is the Arkenston, the heart of the book, good of itself and beautiful, but Peter Jackson wants it all for himself, he hoards The Hobbit and stretches him out, taking truth from the world...all for money.<br>I should write a letter to Peter Jackson asking if he notices how like Thror he is...How he is destroying that which is good and beautiful, for money. I own the extended edition of the Hobbit and I did spite him a good deal, even in theaters. About Ring greedyness, Bilbo is not supposed to be like that yet, and why did he take it off in front of Smaug? Yes what was up with the nut pillows? I don't approve of Dwarve/elves love, but I don't say that hey can't be friends...Legolas and Gimli are good friends. I also don't like that the orcs were so big! the orcs are only supposed to be as big as dwarves not taller than elves. Also there is no way Legolas could knock those huge orcs over by just tapping them! Let alone his silly girl-friend. Apparently Elves are all-powerful or something. They put so much make up on Orlando Bloom that he did not even look real! Also what was thing where Legolas just magically has a horse ready to chase the orc, even though he came on foot. And why did he get so mad over a nose bleed? The blood did't even look real. I am getting really mad! Another thing is that in the Trilogy every single orc was a guy is a suit...yes! They were all real people who took sword fighting lessons and those battles were real (except that they weren't really trying to kill each other) In the Hobbit, they had the actors wave their swords in cool moves, and matched CGI orcs and goblins to fit, they didn't do a very good job of it either, so their battles look really cheesy. The moment that really ruined it in the first movie was the Rabbit sleigh, where on earth did that come from! I think I know who the longer comment-er is to and I agree with you very much.Madeleine Ostermannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-9494058854176701592013-12-23T22:32:50.547-06:002013-12-23T22:32:50.547-06:00Great movie review and Happy Christmas! :-)Great movie review and Happy Christmas! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841028873273200447.post-38346968770126571482013-12-23T18:28:43.683-06:002013-12-23T18:28:43.683-06:00I got the quote. :)OH, and the action was so CGI. ...I got the quote. :)<br><br>OH, and the action was so CGI. NOT the up-close, raw, real action or LoTR. AND, Bilbo was in like half the movie, when he's the MAIN CHARACTER and should have been in at least 70% of it!!!<br><br>Oh, and you left out the part which most annoys me. In the book, the whole story is heart-centered. It's centered on how Bilbo is changing, deepening, fighting internally with himself and struggling, developing. He grows more courageous, more bold, more confident, sure, thoughtful, wise, discerning, deeply loving and loyal towards his friends' hearts and not their goal (which shows how, in the end, he can force them into a bargain that wrecks their plans out of love for them)! This movie had hardly any/none of that. It was so action-driven. Bilbo's changing was all done in the first movie, I guess. Now he only grows more ring-greedy, which isn't much of a part in the book!!! This movie so angered me, though it had some good parts and the actors were great. X/ <br><br>Thanks for a great review! Maybe next year's will be better . . . I hope. Let's see it on DVD instead of the theatres just to spite them. Let's, everyone! Come on, who's with me? SPITE PETER JACKSON!!<br><br>I don't think I need to sign my name cuz you already know who I am . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com