It is only the teaser, I'm going to wait until the final one until I judge. I didn't see Beorn in the trailer, or did I just miss him?
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It looks great CGI or not, it is hard not to CGI a movie that takes place in Middle Earth..
But I think judging a movie based on a 2 minute trailer is more than fair..
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More excited watching it again. One clip I can't quite figure out is around 1:26, when someone leaps on Gandalf from above. I do have a theory
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It appears to be Dol Guldur, and it appears that the man leaping on him is wearing tattered clothes, shaggy hair, balding, possibly a beard? I'm wondering if this is going to be Thrain II. In the original story (LotR appendices), Gandalf had already been to Dol Guldur before the story starts, had found Thrain imprisoned there, and received the map and the key from him. So even though Gandalf already received the key and map from Thrain in the movie (at a location other than Dol Guldur, since he seemed not to know about it until Radaghast told him), Thrain may still be captive in Dol Guldur. Or the scene isn't in Dol Guldur and is a flashback to the two meeting earlier.
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I'll agree they went overboard on the CGI in this series. Makes it look overly fantastical.
But perhaps it's more suitable to the children's fantasy style that is the Hobbit, as opposed to the far more mature LOTR. It at least makes the Hobbit movies different in their own way and not just a completely attempted rehash of LOTR style and look.
However, they never should have stopped using real people for the Orcs. So much more frightening with real actors. The Pale Orc is a joke, and even for all the detail they put into him, he still doesn't look or feel real, and as a result the orcs do not give off the same effect as they did (so well) in LOTR.
I really hope the portrayal of the elves can bring more to this series.
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