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Old 12-15-2012, 10:58 PM   #12611 (permalink)
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Just saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it fully lived up to my expectiations. It's certainly lighter than LOTR and I think that's consistent with the source material. Lots of reviews have complained that it drags, but I couldn't think of a single scene that I would have cut. I eagerly await the next one in a year's time.
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Old 12-17-2012, 10:16 AM   #12612 (permalink)
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The Hobbit

well it was much better than i thought it would be....coup[le of minor changes and a ton of additional material.....but well done and the film for being as long as it is really only dragged a little

loved the Smaug tease at the end

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Old 12-17-2012, 10:40 AM   #12613 (permalink)
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Not sure if this even qualifies as a film, but they had a performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold on PBS last night that I actually really enjoyed. I've never actually watched or listened to an entire opera, don't listen to much classical, and I don't claim to appreciate all of what goes on in that kinda music, but yeah, pretty sweet. They had this ludicrous "thing" that they used as a set piece that was:
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When it worked it really gave a rather immersive feeling that I don't know would have been possible with a physical set. Of course, being an opera newb, I could be wrong. It also helped that I'm a fantasy nerd and was willing to use my imagination.
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Old 12-17-2012, 10:49 AM   #12614 (permalink)
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I eagerly await the next one in a year's time.
Wouldn't that be the three Lord of The Rings movies that have already been released?

The Hobbit was a prequel.
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Wouldn't that be the three Lord of The Rings movies that have already been released?

The Hobbit was a prequel.
They split The Hobbit into two movies.
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They split The Hobbit into two movies.
Ahh. I wasn't aware of that. Seems rather odd, but I suppose it's impossible to get all the information into one movie.
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Old 12-17-2012, 10:57 AM   #12618 (permalink)
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They split The Hobbit into two movies.
Not two, three.
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Not two, three.
Wait, really? I'd heard that, but I'd heard two first. I figured some people just assumed it was a trilogy when it wasn't. Well, that's just ****ing great. Three movies from one book that wasn't even particularly long. How does that even work? There was only really one place that I could think of that you could split it into two movies (after Biblo escapes from Gollum), but how on Earth are they gonna get three movies outta this? And why would you want to?
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And why would you want to?
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