I cried. And by cried I mean I sat in my chair, trying to be silent, squeezing my hands together and weeping uncontrollably.
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The Hobbit
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I haven't seen it. But I'm sure I will too, even though I know it will not end well for many of the characters.
Let's put it this way: even knowing it, even kinda knowing exactly when it will happen, Peter somehow made everything shocking and horrifying and so fucking sad.
There were a lot of sniffles going around the theater. Also, Thranduil travels like stuck up Ren-Faire attendee.   (December 18, 2014 at 1:25 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I cried. And by cried I mean I sat in my chair, trying to be silent, squeezing my hands together and weeping uncontrollably. I didn't like the second Hobbit as much as the first because the thing that I loved about the book was that Bilbo used his brain to overcome so many obstacles. His cleverness seemed downplayed in the movie. Some people really hated Tauriel. (spelling?) I didn't mind the addition of the female elf, but I didn't understand the attraction between her and the dwarf. She didn't exist in the book and it seemed to complicate the plot too much but I could accept her presence in the movie. I will probably go see the third movie though. Is it better then the second movie?
It was good, but it really seems to move too quickly. I think there was just too much content - too many loose ends from Smaug - for it to feel complete on its own. I think you have to watch it as an extended edition, and at least watch Smaug immediately preceding it, for it to feel complete.
That said, I still loved it. 
It moved too quickly? They had three movies extracted from a single book, did they just mess up the pacing? I found the first movie to be very, very slow at points, so maybe they had to cram all the action and resolution into the final installment.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson (December 18, 2014 at 9:19 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: It moved too quickly? You shouldn't ask someone who listens to lectures on Tolkien, mythology, and faerie lore for fun about preferred pacing in a Jackson movie, probably.
Good point.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson  (December 18, 2014 at 1:25 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I cried. And by cried I mean I sat in my chair, trying to be silent, squeezing my hands together and weeping uncontrollably. I don't remember the book being that sad, 'cept when you-know-who dies holding the Arkenstone. I take it you mean the film? I haven't seen the film yet. MM
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