A Big Ol' Fan Has Seen "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

[tyellas]

Last night, I reprised something from 10 years ago by seeing a Wellington-first-public showing of a Tolkien film by Peter Jackson at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. How time flies

Comments

[coyotegoth]

I'm glad to hear most of this, although the dwarf bumbling, canonical or not... really, didn't he get this out of his system with Gimli?

[tyellas]

I guess he really wanted a film with a WHOLE LOT of dwarf bumbling.

[ithilwen]

In fairness to PJ, the Dwarves do bumble a lot in the original source material.

At least we were spared the Elves of Imladris hanging upside-down from trees and singing "tra-la-la-laly, down in the valley"!

[maureenlycaon]

Thank you for the critique! I look forward eagerly to seeing it. (And hope and pray that hobbit torture slash does not again become a hot fad . . .)

[tyellas]

We can thank Martin Freeman's eyes for our upcoming freedom from hobbit torture slash. Where Frodo Baggins had the eyes of a transcendent visionary heartthrob, Bilbo Baggins has the eyes of a shrewd greengrocer.

[furius]

I suppose you haven't ventured close to Sherlock fandom then?

Because Smaug/Bilbo slash is already apparently a thing....

[ithilwen]

Am I the only one wishing that martin Freeman had been cast as Frodo in the first three movies? Wood's doe-eyed oh-so-helpless looks in the first three movies become rather grating (especially on repeat viewings), while I never tired of Martin's Bilbo in this movie. He seemed a perfect Hobbit.

Of course, if Martin HAD been cast as Fodo, we wouldn't have him as Bilbo now, and that would be a great loss indeed. So I can't complain!

[oracne]

Looks like I'm seeing the 3D version, alas - the 2D wasn't at a convenient time. But I'll see 2D later on, I hope.

Gold glitter - I have a guess! It's exciting me!

[tyellas]

Oooooh, good luck with that.

[ithilwen]

FINALLY someone has said something that actually makes me want to see this movie! I was so unenthusiastic, I thought I was going to have to turn my Tolkien Geek fan card in. (Although I did like the glimpses of Gandalf and Thorin I saw in the trailers.)

Guess maybe I should look at snagging some tickets for this weekend before they all sell out!

[tyellas]

We've all been on the fence about this one, haven't we? I really need to see the 2D version before I have a final opionion. But yes, 2D only.

[ithilwen]

I took your advice, and was glad I did. The movie looks superb in 2-D, and I saved money. Can't beat that!

[teaforme]

I mostly agree, although they kind of had me with the YouTube trailer where they sang Misty Mountains.

Living under a rock can be an advantage, it seems...

[wiseheart]

Most of our movie theatres are 2D, so I don't have to fear any eye-hurting. *g*

Thanks for the summary. I didn't expect much of the movie, to be honest, considering what a disappointment the LOTR-films had been for me, but I think I'll go an see it. If for nothing else, then for Marting Freeman, whom I adore to pieces, and to see (and more importantly hear) Cumberbatch being a seductive dragon in the next parts.

Re: Living under a rock can be an advantage, it seems...

[tyellas]

A good rule of thumb is, when you see something happening on screen that you don't remember from the books, take a bathroom break!

Re: Living under a rock can be an advantage, it seems...

[wiseheart]

How many bathroom break does it exactly mean? The things I read aforehead made me very, very afraid.

Re: Living under a rock can be an advantage, it seems...

[tyellas]

I'd say time for bathroom breaks is when you see Radagast, and when they say "Stone Giants!"