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tari_silmarwen

Massive Movie Dump Post

Jan 28, 2013 15:32

Happy New Year LJ. Your interface sucks a lot and what's why I haven't been posting.

Anyway, it's that time again where I talk about the movies I've been to see recently. Or, well... less recently at this point. Whatever.

Massive spoilers abound! So tread carefully peeps. Also, this entry will be really long. Gotta lot to cover.

( Wreck It Ralph )

movies, soundtracks, how i love thee!, squeeage, trailers, movie news, disney, edward/bella, epic fantasy, archive binge, omg, cuteness, fangirling, flailing, i want my princess movie dangit!, sibling love is awesome too

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twiliheroine January 29 2013, 02:12:39 UTC

The only movie of that bunch that I have seen is The Hobbit and I have to say with regards to action less was more :/
The first bit with the history, prologue and the unexpected party were the best bits in my mind, I really wish we could stay in the Shire the entire time cause we didn't get nearly enough time there in LoTR. After that I found that there was too much "Hobbit-in-peril" action as you said, since we *know* Bilbo is going to survive it felt really over-done and forced (the only part I felt any nail-biting tension was the Troll bit, which was....weird, and the Riddles in the Dark bit, which was AMAZING!).

I have only seen it once and that was at a midnight showing, I think that if I were to watch it again I might discover that I either loved it or hated it. At this point, not sure.

I also got that soundtrack for Christmas, Howard Shore is amazing, and I am soooo happy that they added a few songs from the book <3

tari_silmarwen January 30 2013, 02:35:21 UTC

I think I found the chase to Rivendell and the face-off in the burning trees a little extraneous (much as I found the latter really tense). The escape from Goblin Town was pretty well-placed, and reminded me a lot of the Khazad-Dum sequence in Fellowship.

...The Hobbit hit a lot of the same dramatic beats as Fellowship actually. I can't tell whether that's to its detriment or its benefit yet.

YES. Riddles in the Dark was the best. Gollum was both really funny and really creepy at the same time. I liked the bit where Smeagol was like, "Oh we know!" and Gollum was all, "Shut up!" Hilarious.

twiliheroine February 7 2013, 09:08:00 UTC

Forgot I hadn't responded to this >.<

I think that the part that it did better than the Fellowship was it's longer Shire sequence (I heard that a lot of people were complaining about that).

I found that the escape from Goblin Town was like the Khazad-Dum sequence x1000, it was a bit too much and I don't recall there being a break in the action, whereas the Fellowship had a bit of a break after they thought Frodo was dead and got to admire the Mithril shirt he has.

I like the idea that Bilbo has a *reason* for helping out the dwarves while at the same time, I don't. It's weird, isn't it? XD