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azalaisdep

A Long-Awaited Movie

Dec 15, 2012 22:06

Yep, I finally got to see The Hobbit (with First Small Person and a Tolkien-loving friend) this afternoon...

We'd booked to go and see it at our local big multiplex, in 3D HFR - booking to see specifically the HFR version, which I was curious enough to want to try and do, proved a bit of a slog as the website of the cinema company in question, when ( Read more... )

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altariel December 15 2012, 23:15:18 UTC

I loved Radagast!

azalaisdep December 15 2012, 23:18:15 UTC

No, no, noooo. Dreadful. (Though I did think part-way through him; "This isn't really Radagast, this is the Bombadil who ended up on the cutting-room of FoTR - maybe that's what appealed to you? ;-) )

He was just absurd. He can be eccentric, but he shouldn't be ridiculous. The flamin' Racing Rabbits of Rhosgobel? PURLEASE.

altariel December 15 2012, 23:25:34 UTC

The bunnies made me laugh!

lady_branwyn December 16 2012, 01:00:57 UTC

Yes, where the film got into trouble was when PJ decided he was a better writer than Tolkien. The exact same problem that blighted the LOTR trilogy.
My cringe-worthy moments were the endless, blaringly loud, implausible action sequences. The blatant disregard for the laws of physics destroyed any feeling of suspense. Those characters should have died many times over. After the first hundred miraculous escapes, you stopped worrying about them.
Favorite bits were the unexpected party itself and the riddle game.

azalaisdep December 16 2012, 22:11:12 UTC

Yes, where the film got into trouble was when PJ decided he was a better writer than Tolkien. The exact same problem that blighted the LOTR trilogy.

XACLY. {hugs Lady Branwyn for making me feel I'm not alone in this!} (A RL friend thought he was insulting me on FB earlier today by calling me a "Tolkien snob". He doesn't know me as well as he thinks he does, does he?)

fawatson December 16 2012, 01:39:49 UTC

Your approach is a bit different from mine as I haven't seen it yet but am booked to go over Christmas with my sister but unlike you I am eagerly reading everyone's critiques.

The bunnies seem to be pretty universally panned.

just_ann_now December 16 2012, 02:23:22 UTC

The Bunny Sleigh is the only part my husband is excited about! I'm madly curious myself.

engarian December 16 2012, 02:42:42 UTC

I must admit that I loved Radagast. Although he comes through as a bit bumbling, he also is brave enough to go into Dol Goldur and get the "proof" for the White Council. What he did to get that proof, as well as his running his bunny sleigh across the countryside pulling off the wargs (at least for the time being) was an act of bravery and some Power. But I do think you see the beginning of his assimilation - the melding with Middle-earth that will result in his never leaving the lands and animals he loves so much.

Gollum - ohmygodohmygod Gollum. There was a masterful scene. Watching Gollum and Bilbo interact both visible and invisible - amazing, fantastic, wonderful!

I loved the 3-D and since I know I'll only have 2-D on DVD, I'll happily watch the 3-D version as often as I can in the theatre.

- Erulisse (one L)

azalaisdep December 16 2012, 22:13:18 UTC

I'm clearly just going to have to differ from lots of people on Radagast and the Racing Rabbits of Rhosgobel. Being eccentric and an eco-warrior, fine. Being patently absurd, not...

Gollum - ohmygodohmygod Gollum. There was a masterful scene. Watching Gollum and Bilbo interact both visible and invisible - amazing, fantastic, wonderful!

YesyesyesYES. No disagreement there. Best bit of many wonderful bits. Absolutely pitch-perfect.