Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. Rhaegar died with Lyanna Stark's name on his lips.
I thought the first one really captured the childlike essence of the book. I still think it's my favorite of PJs Tolkien films. Having said that, the second one was utter rubbish, where PJ failed to capture the spirit of the book and instead captured a CGI fest of dildos.
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As someone who didn't read the entire book (only the first half) I thought the first movie was a slow paced piece of shit and the second movie was great.
See that's what I loved about UJ. I liked the slow story building as opposed to the action packed CGI non sense or made up love triangles that to me, really fucked with the story.
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I didn't make the thread, but I did say "extra crap" for the third movie trailer!
That was my first reaction to 0:45 I suppose. I see Lady Galadriel bended over Gandalf I automatically thought of Arwen bended over Aragorn. Saving their men so to speak. Plus that's one scene that never happened in the Hobbit book. We don't even know what happened to Gandalf during his absence (was he caught, how he escaped, did he battle anyone) though it was set up that she will save him. (what a purist turns out I am! )
If they do it right, I'm the first one to come and say it was good even if they did it before.
Lots of CGI, and that carriage scene will probably be as long as the barrel one. Maybe I should stop speculating!
Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. Rhaegar died with Lyanna Stark's name on his lips.
If you are a Hobbit fan of the movie version, this is the dwarf, Dwalin, actor Graham McTavish, who is Dugal MacKenzie on Outlander. He's about 52 yrs. old, and I'm kinda hot for him in Outlander, even though he's a bad guy
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Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. Rhaegar died with Lyanna Stark's name on his lips.
I actually liked movie two and think its a little better than the first. But overall i think the idea of making this a trilogy is a bullshit money-grabbing assholery by PJ and Co. and completely disrespectful to Tolkien's legacy.
As movies go, they're not actually bad, but for fuck sake for the truckloads of money invested in this, i was expecting a lot more.
I really liked the second half of the first movie and the entire second movie. But the stretch marks are showing. If you're going to make it a trilogy (which is money money money, like Dolan says) at the very least have the decensy to make the films shorter. Watching a three hour movie is only good if there is actual plot development in it, which is impossible when you split a 300 page book into three. God, the first half of the first movie was unbearable. I think the entirety of the last movie will be bad (perhaps barring the first few minutes with Smaug), but we'll have to wait and see.
I enjoyed movie one for the nostalgia, and hated pretty much all of Movie two except for Beorn and Smaug. Not looking forward to the last one at all but I guessnits too late to turn back now.
-- Edited by Rygar on Thursday 9th of October 2014 01:15:55 PM
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They came out with the posters for this one. I liked the Bilbo and Galadriel one but the Legolas (latest on their twitter feed) is plain bad. I don't know if it is the yellow-ish/pink-ish light or that I see every pore on his face:
That she-elf looks ready to kick ass and take names!
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Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. Rhaegar died with Lyanna Stark's name on his lips.
The thing with the Hobbit movies is that the transparent attempt to stretch them over 3 movies for sole financial gain shows like crazy.
The first Hobbit had good parts and so did the second, the problem is with all the shallow, childish, bloated junk they inject in them to make them longer.
Like I said, someone will probably edit the 6 hour long trilogy in a neat 2 hour movie and it should be quite awesome.
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Holy shit! Whatever I said before about this Hobbit movie, forget it!!! 0:30 THRANDURIL IS RIDING ELK AGAIN! Benioff and Weiss can suck it. There. I said it.
The trailer does look epic, but it's also an edit of three hours of action into two minutes on top of a good sound track. I'm not at all convinced it's worth trekking to the theater after the second one.
Basi, I said that after the first one. In fact I promised myself not to ever watch the second! Bah, I'm a sucker for some things. I think you are right though. Trailers almost always look awesome.
For someone who hates D&D so much for messing with GRRMs story you sure do love PJ shitting all over Tolkien and then using it as fertilizer to grow his money bags.
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I'll never understand why people are so down on this trilogy.
I liked the second half of the first one and the entire second one. What I don't like is when final movies in a series overdo the epic factor. Almost ever series ends in a stupid, borderline pathetic ending when they try to go big.
For someone who hates D&D so much for messing with GRRMs story you sure do love PJ shitting all over Tolkien and then using it as fertilizer to grow his money bags.
For someone who hates D&D so much for messing with GRRMs story you sure do love PJ shitting all over Tolkien and then using it as fertilizer to grow his money bags.
I just don't get that impression at all when I watch the movies or listen to Peter and Phillipa talk about Tolkien's work.
There's also a difference between altering work for 2 hour movies compared to shoe horning shit into ten hour seasons.
For someone who hates D&D so much for messing with GRRMs story you sure do love PJ shitting all over Tolkien and then using it as fertilizer to grow his money bags.
I just don't get that impression at all when I watch the movies or listen to Peter and Phillipa talk about Tolkien's work.
There's also a difference between altering work for 2 hour movies compared to shoe horning shit into ten hour seasons.
You can't just say these things without explaining yourself, Ally
Jent, I actually agree with Al. I don't particularly like what they did to The Hobbit, but if I listen to their interviews all I can here is two supernerds who just love his work. I cannot here the money sound when they talk. I might be tone deaf tho in that are when it comes to Tolkien
I found this to be far better than the last one, mainly because it mostly kept to the main plot with minor distractions. The first 15 mins were amazing and should have been at the end of the second one. At times the pace slows and PJ & co focus on characters we don't give too shits about (the wormtongueesque character). Many many slow motion shots that made me want to rip my eyes out. Poor editing without resolving the scene. Hot dwarves. No elf ass. The battle is long and at times ridiculous, but overall it was enjoyable. They FAILED miserably with Beorn. That was my biggest disappointment because as a kid reading this story that was my "Fuck Yeah" moment, instead we got Orlando Bloom floating on falling steps in slow mo .
There is far too little Martin Freeman. In fact PJ did a terrible jib keeping Bilbo as the main protagonist. Marty is a delight. He really shines each time he's on screen. There are a few amazing moments, notably his scene w Armitage and the bloke who plays Balin.
Overall 6.5 out of 10.
Oh and wait for the song during the credits. Y'all will revognize the singer. However i had to leave for fear of vomiting.
-- Edited by Rygar on Friday 19th of December 2014 02:04:33 PM
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I didn't make the thread, but I did say "extra crap" for the third movie trailer!
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That she-elf looks ready to kick ass and take names!
