Saw the third instalment of the Hobbit thing.
I wasn't disappointed because I wasn't expecting much. I am glad it's over and I am looking forward to seeing the Honest Trailer for this part.
Yes, visually the movie was stunning (looks much better on "Real 3D" or whatever it was, rather than on IMAX and the goggles are comfier) and it certainly has its merits, but the Hollywood-ised plot was dreadful as usual, especially the totally needless side plots. I found the Alfrid character particularly annoying and absolutely needless.
Also, I wish they could do away with the lines stating the absolutely obvious. - After all, the viewers are not blind imbeciles.
I wish someone makes a director's cut in which the entire trilogy is condensed to the basic book plot, but this is just wishful thinking on my part.
The battle was too long and quite illogical at some points - why, for example, did Thorin take off the plate armour he was wearing inside the mountain, just before going into battle? Same goes for the other dwarves. Seems absolutely illogical to me.
What, the hell, were doing the sandworms from "Dune" in this movie?
The special "Newton" prize goes to Legolas for his innovative approach to the laws of physics. What a superelf!
The good things about the movie were Smaug (too bad he had only a few lines in this one), Bilbo (acting was not very convincing, but that's just Martin Freeman and I have grown to expect exactly this of him), the dwarves (especially Dain with his thick Scottish accent and the hog), Gandalf and, of course, Thorin and his madness - this was probably the best part of the entire trilogy. Maybe because we saw some proper good old fashioned acting, amid the tonnes of CGI.
Oh, yes, Christopher Lee was also cool, but he gets extra points for recording Christmas metal albums. Even though he's from another book, too...
*SPOILER ALERT*
I wish there was a scene with Thorin's burial - Arkenstone and all, instead of some of the pointless bullshit.
I wasn't disappointed because I wasn't expecting much. I am glad it's over and I am looking forward to seeing the Honest Trailer for this part.
Yes, visually the movie was stunning (looks much better on "Real 3D" or whatever it was, rather than on IMAX and the goggles are comfier) and it certainly has its merits, but the Hollywood-ised plot was dreadful as usual, especially the totally needless side plots. I found the Alfrid character particularly annoying and absolutely needless.
Also, I wish they could do away with the lines stating the absolutely obvious. - After all, the viewers are not blind imbeciles.
I wish someone makes a director's cut in which the entire trilogy is condensed to the basic book plot, but this is just wishful thinking on my part.
The battle was too long and quite illogical at some points - why, for example, did Thorin take off the plate armour he was wearing inside the mountain, just before going into battle? Same goes for the other dwarves. Seems absolutely illogical to me.
What, the hell, were doing the sandworms from "Dune" in this movie?
The special "Newton" prize goes to Legolas for his innovative approach to the laws of physics. What a superelf!
The good things about the movie were Smaug (too bad he had only a few lines in this one), Bilbo (acting was not very convincing, but that's just Martin Freeman and I have grown to expect exactly this of him), the dwarves (especially Dain with his thick Scottish accent and the hog), Gandalf and, of course, Thorin and his madness - this was probably the best part of the entire trilogy. Maybe because we saw some proper good old fashioned acting, amid the tonnes of CGI.
Oh, yes, Christopher Lee was also cool, but he gets extra points for recording Christmas metal albums. Even though he's from another book, too...
*SPOILER ALERT*
I wish there was a scene with Thorin's burial - Arkenstone and all, instead of some of the pointless bullshit.