11-06-2014, 12:19 PM
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#861
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Looks fantastic. Cant wait.
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11-06-2014, 12:28 PM
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#862
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Martin Freeman as Bilbo has been such a treat in this trilogy. I can't find myself getting behind any of the other characters though.. even Legolas who was my favourite in the first trilogy bugs me, he shouldn't even be there! I don't even know who any of the dwarves are because they never flesh them out, just dramatic over reactions in classic Jackson shots.
But all that being said, it will still be an entertaining movie. Especially the battle.
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11-06-2014, 12:51 PM
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#863
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I finally saw the second movie because people said how terrible it was, so it wasn't a priority for me. Can't believe I waited so long, because I totally loved it. Really looking forward to this one!
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11-06-2014, 01:07 PM
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#864
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Yeah, thats five times now I have watched that. Cannot wait for this.
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11-06-2014, 01:40 PM
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#865
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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The 3d blue ray extended edition just came out for desolation of smaug.Think I will pick that up this weekend.
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11-06-2014, 05:04 PM
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#866
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Had an idea!
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Looks great. Too much CGI though.
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11-06-2014, 05:11 PM
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#867
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Passing mediocrity, approaching perfection
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Originally Posted by octothorp
Battle of Five Armies? Meh. Too many. I think it would have worked better as a battle of two armies, or three at most. Five seems like it's just trying too hard.
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Umm are you serious or forgot the sarcastic font color?
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11-06-2014, 06:21 PM
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#868
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Can't wait for this one. Looks like the best of the three.
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11-06-2014, 08:40 PM
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#869
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Back in Calgary!!
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That looks amazing. CGI again looks off, like they "light" it weird or something.
I wouldn't say too much CGI. Every blockbuster these days is CGI heavy, and a movie like this demands it, but it seems like they skimped on the budget or somehting.
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11-06-2014, 08:42 PM
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#870
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Can't wait for this one. Looks like the best of the three.
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They'd have to put a significant amount of effort in for it to be any worse.
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11-06-2014, 09:10 PM
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#871
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Franchise Player
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Looks incredible
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11-07-2014, 07:42 AM
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#872
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trackercowe
They'd have to put a significant amount of effort in for it to be any worse.
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Thanks for your opinion.
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11-10-2014, 10:55 AM
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#873
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First Line Centre
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Awesome movies. Cant wait for this one either. The wife and I will likely watch all 5 of the previous movies in the weeks leading up to this release.
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11-10-2014, 12:22 PM
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#874
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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I watched the first two over the weekend. I was a bit lukewarm on DOS. The CGI seemed a little poor in some of the scenes later in the movie with the Orcs and then again with Smaug, the dwarves, and the molten gold.
I am not looking forward to any more Peter Jackson "battles", but I think the rest of the movie should be okay if they flesh out the Necromancer / Sauron a bit. I an not sure if that is entirely made up material, or if Jackson pulled it from some of Tolkien's other writings.
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11-10-2014, 12:35 PM
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#875
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Franchise Player
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What terrible movies. Like watching video game trailers, but for 2 hours.
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11-10-2014, 01:43 PM
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#876
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by peter12
What terrible movies. Like watching video game trailers, but for 2 hours.
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Almost 3 hours, but they feel even longer than that for some reason. Pure unadulterated torture.
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11-10-2014, 02:01 PM
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#877
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trackercowe
Almost 3 hours, but they feel even longer than that for some reason. Pure unadulterated torture.
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Its not like Peter Jackson strapped you to a chair and 'Clockwork Oranged' you into watching it.
If you dont like it then dont watch it.
I think they're decent movies, they're not as good as Lord of the Rings but thats like saying your steak at the Keg sucked, it wasnt dogfood but it just wasnt as good as your steak at Ruth's Chris.
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11-10-2014, 02:32 PM
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#878
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Its not like Peter Jackson strapped you to a chair and 'Clockwork Oranged' you into watching it.
If you dont like it then dont watch it.
I think they're decent movies, they're not as good as Lord of the Rings but thats like saying your steak at the Keg sucked, it wasnt dogfood but it just wasnt as good as your steak at Ruth's Chris.
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[personal opinion]
Except the Hobbit movies aren't steak at all. It's dogfood CGI'd to look like a steak. It's just a bunch of bombastic CGI action sequences used to extend the runtime since Peter Jackson decided to stretch 2 movies into 3 in lieu of actual story-telling or character development.[/personal opinion]
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11-10-2014, 02:33 PM
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#879
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
[personal opinion]
Except the Hobbit movies aren't steak at all. It's dogfood CGI'd to look like a steak. It's just a bunch of over-board CGI action sequences used to extend the runtime since Peter Jackson decided to stretch 2 movies into 3 in lieu of actual story-telling or character development.[/personal opinion]
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Thanks for your "personal" opinion.
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11-10-2014, 02:39 PM
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#880
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
[personal opinion]
Except the Hobbit movies aren't steak at all. It's dogfood CGI'd to look like a steak. It's just a bunch of bombastic CGI action sequences used to extend the runtime since Peter Jackson decided to stretch 2 movies into 3 in lieu of actual story-telling or character development.[/personal opinion]
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Okay but so what? Peter Jackson's 'dogfood' movies are better than 95% of the rest of the garbage that Hollywood craps down our throats on an annual basis.
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