*Peter Jackson's* movie
Mind you, if you are looking at this as a PETER JACKSON film called the Hobbit, you’ll be fine. If you’re looking at this film as a Peter Jackson film BASED ON TOLKIEN’S book, um… you will something else coming for you.
I watched the two LotR movies first and then read the book but for ROtK I read the book first and it was a different experience. I actually had mixed thoughts at first for ROtk.
Imagine me now….
The good
• Beginning prologue is something that I appreciated which was straight from the book and I appreciated that because you don’t get that a lot, or at all in this strange adaptation.
• All Bilbo scenes were good
• Legolas didn’t irritate me but somebody else did.
• Loved Beorn’s field and his home. He should’ve done more talking though…no explanation on why he might help the dwarves other than him hating orcs more… (ok… but really, that lovely story Gandalf told in the book should in some capacity be retained!)
• Smaug was great as was the conversation with Bilbo-they left that intact, thank goodness.
• Bard was likeable character… so was the Master and made up character Alfrid…(he’s like a Wormtongue of this movie…)
The music-- Howard Shore does it again with his music!!!
The bad
• Tauriel/Kili, deviation with how the dwarves get captured. There is no bumping into the elvish feasts several times in the book. But wait, what book? This is PJ's movie...
• Pacing after Beorn, Flies and Spiders, Barrels… the Laketown aspect was drawn out though we get good development of Bard’s character. Unnecessary action sequences, unnecessary Kili healing…unncecessary Tauriel seemingly making herself care so much about this world and wanting elves to fight and LEgolas agrees in risk of alienating his father… ?
• Smaug doesn’t die in this movie and doesn’t take apart Lake-town. You will see what happens instead in Peter’s world. So the whole subtitle doesn’t even match the movie.
• Dwarves split up so that not all thirteen go to the mountain… ?
• Dwarves giving up after not knowing how to open the mountain door. Only silly Bilbo tries and doesn’t’ give up and only person to remember what Elrond told them in Rivendell.
The Ugly
This is PETER JACKSON’S movie… mind you… if you come in expecting somewhat of a tinge of the book, you’ll be mistaken. Only 3 chapters were somewhat adapted faithfully and the rest was out of PJ and Boyen’s head… this is not an adaptation but just using Tolkien's characters and playing with them.
Fanfiction to the highest regard. I am a befuddled fan. This could’ve been better but now, I can fairly say that this is being way too drawn out and three films are not justifiable.
Look, go in and be like this is MOVIE, not a book, and you'll be better. I just reread Hobbit (the book by TOLKIEN?) last week, and i guess i really shouldn't have.
I will rewatch though, just because i will gain clarity. First time ROtK watching, i had mixed feelings as well but this time, i'm really mixed.
QUICKBEAM'S REVIEW:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/12/07/84310-quickbeams-dos-film-review-splendid-smaug-splits-fandom/
I watched the two LotR movies first and then read the book but for ROtK I read the book first and it was a different experience. I actually had mixed thoughts at first for ROtk.
Imagine me now….
The good
• Beginning prologue is something that I appreciated which was straight from the book and I appreciated that because you don’t get that a lot, or at all in this strange adaptation.
• All Bilbo scenes were good
• Legolas didn’t irritate me but somebody else did.
• Loved Beorn’s field and his home. He should’ve done more talking though…no explanation on why he might help the dwarves other than him hating orcs more… (ok… but really, that lovely story Gandalf told in the book should in some capacity be retained!)
• Smaug was great as was the conversation with Bilbo-they left that intact, thank goodness.
• Bard was likeable character… so was the Master and made up character Alfrid…(he’s like a Wormtongue of this movie…)
The music-- Howard Shore does it again with his music!!!
The bad
• Tauriel/Kili, deviation with how the dwarves get captured. There is no bumping into the elvish feasts several times in the book. But wait, what book? This is PJ's movie...
• Pacing after Beorn, Flies and Spiders, Barrels… the Laketown aspect was drawn out though we get good development of Bard’s character. Unnecessary action sequences, unnecessary Kili healing…unncecessary Tauriel seemingly making herself care so much about this world and wanting elves to fight and LEgolas agrees in risk of alienating his father… ?
• Smaug doesn’t die in this movie and doesn’t take apart Lake-town. You will see what happens instead in Peter’s world. So the whole subtitle doesn’t even match the movie.
• Dwarves split up so that not all thirteen go to the mountain… ?
• Dwarves giving up after not knowing how to open the mountain door. Only silly Bilbo tries and doesn’t’ give up and only person to remember what Elrond told them in Rivendell.
The Ugly
This is PETER JACKSON’S movie… mind you… if you come in expecting somewhat of a tinge of the book, you’ll be mistaken. Only 3 chapters were somewhat adapted faithfully and the rest was out of PJ and Boyen’s head… this is not an adaptation but just using Tolkien's characters and playing with them.
Fanfiction to the highest regard. I am a befuddled fan. This could’ve been better but now, I can fairly say that this is being way too drawn out and three films are not justifiable.
Look, go in and be like this is MOVIE, not a book, and you'll be better. I just reread Hobbit (the book by TOLKIEN?) last week, and i guess i really shouldn't have.
I will rewatch though, just because i will gain clarity. First time ROtK watching, i had mixed feelings as well but this time, i'm really mixed.
QUICKBEAM'S REVIEW:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/12/07/84310-quickbeams-dos-film-review-splendid-smaug-splits-fandom/