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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Smaug's destruction of the Dwarven at the beginning of the first Hobbit movie is still one of the best parts of that series.
It just kicks ass.
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Can't remember the opening at all. The only thing I remember from early on in the movie is that whole mess with the dwarves invading D1ld0 Sagging's home.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
To be fair, it's not like the books weren't clunky as all hell.
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I never actually read the LOTR books - or any Tolkien for that matter.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
I thought that Star Wars had mediocre performances too. Can't say that they're super bloated though, they do still have that old-school sense of letting the landscape breathe when they set up a scene that I appreciate.
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Pretty much agree with all of this. I really wish modern block buster movies would slow down a bit.