The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

[tari_roo]

Ho hum *dances nervously from foot to foot* I don't know if I liked it.

*ponders deeply* On one hand, awesome special effects, excellent acting, wonderful scenery and battle scenes. The spiders were creepy. The elves were haughty. Thorin was all tainted and difficult. I liked it

But on the other hand *stares at the other hand* maybe its combination of second movie blues in that it has a cliffie and won't resolve anything until next movie. I generally don't mind extra bits and changes and add ons and... sigh. If that is so, why do I feel so... urgh about it all - as in all the new stuff. The actual bits in the book i.e. the spiders and the forest are over SO quickly and we spend AGES on all the new, fandangled stuff. Is this bad? Why am I so torn?? Instead of regurgitating the book we are getting new things, new angles, new stories. Why then am I iffy about it all? I like Tauriel. Bring on more she-elves in my opinion. Hurt!Kili? Bring it, love it! Stephen Fry cameo? thumbs up! So why? Why do I feel so... torn about genuinely liking it all?

I hate to say it, but I haven't felt so ambivalent about parts of a movie since Dark Knight Rises (and in the end I came down on the 'no, don't like.) *dances nervously*

ARGHHHHH *shakes fists at the dragon free sky~*

Comments

[ferrous-wheeler.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen the movie yet, and I've heard how it, um, 'diverts' from the book. I've be 'lalalalala-ing' when people at work have been talking about it, but you're not alone in not being totally yay! over the film. Could be because of it not being entirely true to the novel so liking it kind of seems like cheating, maybe?
Still really want to see the movie, but have to wait until after Christmas :(

P.S. Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas in advance! :)

[tari-roo.livejournal.com]

Hey, have you seen it yet? *hope so*

[ferrous-wheeler.livejournal.com]

*squees* Actually just got back from seeing it! I'm a little bit of two minds about it - great special effects; liked Tauriel even though plot-wise she was totally unnecessary, also did like the bit of romance which, given Kili's total cuteness, the attraction was very understandable; there was an awful lot of running around but very little advancement of the story line for all that effort. All in all, wasn't boring in the least and I enjoyed it, but it seemed kind of light, almost hollow; all flash and little substance.
Mind you, might have gotten a little bit distracted gazing at Thorin at the beginning, so I might have missed something lol!

[tari-roo.livejournal.com]

I think we all understand the Kili attraction *lol* I think you hit the nail on the head - very little advancement of the story. I know they need to save enough for a big climatic movie, but honestly, not too sure there is much more (if they keep it all)

Oh well, Thorin and Kili are still hot, Bilbo and Gandalf are awesome and I love it all, wrapped together (even if some of the individual parts are less loved)

second hobbit movie

[greycat17.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you. I was disappointed with the film. Perhaps my built-up anticipation was too high, and I'd become too spoiled by the successful LotR trilogy, but I felt -let down.
And hugely annoyed by the dwarfs and especially Thorin (sp?). There was lots of talking and planning but seemingly no follow-through. I couldn't empathize with their plight, because they seemed to basically mourn having lost a ginormous pile of gold, instead of: a people!
Loved Legolas, Mirkwood -and it was definitely too short a segment-, got royally scared by the spiders, loved Bilbo, liked Tauriel and was fascinated by Thranduil. The lake city was interesting, but in the end there was not enough of the good and I ended up somewhat bored. Which- should not be happening in the LotR Universe!

Re: second hobbit movie

[tari-roo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found myself looking at my watch a few times and thinking, 'what else can they cram in?' - I hope the last section finds its 'AU' feet :)