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!
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second hobbit movie
Date: 2013-12-18 09:30 pm (UTC)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!