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Stephen Colbert is one for spies following Bard in laketown

Did not know that.

Got the DOS extended edition for a present

Got the extended editions of Desolation of Smaug for a present. Watching the extras yesterday and its crystal clear the whole focus went on GGI. theres at least two sections where they go to an actual location with stunning mountains just behind them, but massive green screens are put up to block them mountains out so others can be GGI'd in later..and three or four crew guys on camera, baffled that they are doing it this way..The cast do mention the frustration of the green screen environment. (Gandalf and Beorn almost entirely shot alone working in a GS environment..

Jackson spends a lot of time in the extras championing the CGI or going 'we'll just do it with CGI'.
Clearly the move away from the Practical effects that are actually built like in LOTR has something to do with their new backers (MGM/Warner).


Does anyone know does the HFR thing apply to the dvds or blurays of these films? it does look kind of different..(i got the dvds)

theres footage of a heads of production meeting where Jackson says he wants Radagast to have a sled pulled by rabbits..he elaborates a little..and theres nothing but horror and shock on all the unit heads faces....yet nobody objects...

this is the same fear of the boss lead to the ruin of the Star wars prequels...

if only anyone had spoken up calling it a terrible idea..


this is shocking on all parts, heres the actual footage of the meeting..
they all think hes joking!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4tsezZwTw#t=36

Orcs riding giant dogs - fine
Elves riding war moose - fine
Armored dwarves riding armored pigs - fine
Everyone carried around by flying Eagles - fine
Hippie Wizard riding sleigh pulled by giant rabbits - not okay in this children's story

Fair point. I think the choice of actor and the portrayal he gave is the problem..

He's a Maia..an angel in effect..the depiction given is ridiculous.

i really wish the movie ended with some drumbeat or loud music because it was dead quiet and it was awkward walking out.

nah wrote:i really wish the movie ended with some drumbeat or loud music because it was dead quiet and it was awkward walking out.

did your 16-year-old date fill the silence with something super random?

This was fine. The good and bad have been discussed already. My favorite aspect of the whole trilogy was Martin Freeman. He is so great in everything he does. Probably my favorite actor of all time.

"why does it hurt so much?"
"because it was real"

just get to the end of the fucking movie.

i thought the actions scenes were all great. and billy connolly.

Hero of the 6 movie series=Big fucking birds.

I saw this movie this very afternoon, and my only real memory of it is a basic enjoyment. _ don't know if I've ever seen such an in-one-ear-out-the-other movie.

The Argonaut wrote: I saw this movie this very afternoon, and my only real memory of it is a basic enjoyment. _ don't know if I've ever seen such an in-one-ear-out-the-other movie.

That's a pretty much perfect take on this film.

compared to the 1st 2 movies, this one felt like running uphill on falling bricks

a trick they actually stole from one of the legend of zelda games..

dimejinky99 wrote:a trick they actually stole from one of the legend of zelda games..

it looked more realistic in zelda

dimejinky99 wrote:

The Argonaut wrote: I saw this movie this very afternoon, and my only real memory of it is a basic enjoyment. _ don't know if I've ever seen such an in-one-ear-out-the-other movie.

That's a pretty much perfect take on this film.

yep, nailed it.

spike wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

The Argonaut wrote: I saw this movie this very afternoon, and my only real memory of it is a basic enjoyment. _ don't know if I've ever seen such an in-one-ear-out-the-other movie.

That's a pretty much perfect take on this film.

yep, nailed it.

i think this nails it a bit better.

BurtReynolds wrote:

spike wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

The Argonaut wrote: I saw this movie this very afternoon, and my only real memory of it is a basic enjoyment. _ don't know if I've ever seen such an in-one-ear-out-the-other movie.

That's a pretty much perfect take on this film.

yep, nailed it.

i think this nails it a bit better.

There's a spinoff movie we'd all go see

In a weird Blackadder/Baldric kind of way, Alfrid might just be genius comedy

what's that coming over the hill...$$$$$$

I watched the LOTR trilogy this week, and while i've enjoyed these hobbit films, it's easy to forget just how spectacularly good the LOTR films are.

Yep.

Wonder if they'll stand the test of time? as in will they still be getting shown on tv in 50 years?
i like to think they will.

Unless they've been remade by then. It's Tolkien's birthday today.