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Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Mon November 02, 2015 2:42 pm
by mf
bada wrote:
mf wrote:
bada wrote:Finished it today. I can't help but think if I was involved in the making of this movie everyone would find me obnoxious cause I would disagree with every decision Peter Jackson wanted to make. Watching the movie did make me want to read all the books again. I kinda want to play Shadow Of Mordor now too so it was worth a watch just for rekindling my interest in all things Middle Earth.
You should DEFINITELY play Shadow of Mordor. Hell of a fun game.

I've been trying to think of which game to ask my sisters to get me for Christmas you just sealed the deal.
This video should tell you everything you need to know about how awesome this game is. I need to go back and replay it...


Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:02 am
by LoathedVermin72
Okay, so I watched the extended cut and...I love this movie now. I liked it already, but I thought it was drastically improved. Better paced, more complete, more epic. It went from my least favorite of the three to probably my favorite. I also saw a lot of things in it that I didn't before, thematically speaking. I couldn't help but think of all the discussion in the terrorism thread while watching: war, peace, diplomacy, tolerance, heroism, cowardice, greed, distrust, corruption, xenophobia, compassion, hatred, politics - it's all in there. And Jackson's direction of the action really is expertly crafted; I felt some of that LOTR magic.

Also, the scene that earns the R is probably my favorite scene in the whole movie; great to see Jackson working some gore gags again.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:07 am
by BurtReynolds
I'd rather watch Genisys again.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 1:27 pm
by tommymtcom
BurtReynolds wrote:I'd rather watch Genisys again.
Jesus

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:11 pm
by dimejinky99
Apart from thorins funeral I don't think the extra footage added any value. And I'm normally the one saying the extended editions are better.

Can't wait for the fan super edit.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:12 pm
by dimejinky99
Also the extra footage of Beorn in the battle. That was good.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:13 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
tommymtcom wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I'd rather watch Genisys again.
Jesus
I'm kind of with Burt on this one.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:18 pm
by tommymtcom
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I'd rather watch Genisys again.
Jesus
I'm kind of with Burt on this one.
Genisys is probably the worst movie I've seen all year.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 2:19 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
tommymtcom wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I'd rather watch Genisys again.
Jesus
I'm kind of with Burt on this one.
Genisys is probably the worst movie I've seen all year.
Same here. But Battle of the Five Armies was the worst movie I saw last year, and it trumps Genisys by the slimmest of margins for me.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 6:26 pm
by stip
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Okay, so I watched the extended cut and...I love this movie now. I liked it already, but I thought it was drastically improved. Better paced, more complete, more epic. It went from my least favorite of the three to probably my favorite. I also saw a lot of things in it that I didn't before, thematically speaking. I couldn't help but think of all the discussion in the terrorism thread while watching: war, peace, diplomacy, tolerance, heroism, cowardice, greed, distrust, corruption, xenophobia, compassion, hatred, politics - it's all in there. And Jackson's direction of the action really is expertly crafted; I felt some of that LOTR magic.

Also, the scene that earns the R is probably my favorite scene in the whole movie; great to see Jackson working some gore gags again.
Nice to hear. I just got this in the mail, but I'm about to start watching Jessica Jones so it'll be a while until I get to it

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 6:28 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
stip wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Okay, so I watched the extended cut and...I love this movie now. I liked it already, but I thought it was drastically improved. Better paced, more complete, more epic. It went from my least favorite of the three to probably my favorite. I also saw a lot of things in it that I didn't before, thematically speaking. I couldn't help but think of all the discussion in the terrorism thread while watching: war, peace, diplomacy, tolerance, heroism, cowardice, greed, distrust, corruption, xenophobia, compassion, hatred, politics - it's all in there. And Jackson's direction of the action really is expertly crafted; I felt some of that LOTR magic.

Also, the scene that earns the R is probably my favorite scene in the whole movie; great to see Jackson working some gore gags again.
Nice to hear. I just got this in the mail, but I'm about to start watching Jessica Jones so it'll be a while until I get to it
Tell me how JJ is. It is on my list but I'm so far behind in my TV watching right now.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Thu November 19, 2015 8:22 pm
by BurtReynolds

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 7:24 pm
by stip
finally got around to watching the extended edition. the extra editions were a lof fun - nifty sequences during the big war

not sure where the R came from, though

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 7:28 pm
by stip
nevermind-just got to it

the new fight up to Azog was a blast

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 7:30 pm
by stip
so was that douchebag's death

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 8:09 pm
by stip
This was already my favorite of the three, but it's the first one I'm likely to go back and revisit on occasion

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 8:09 pm
by stip
High five, LV!

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 8:14 pm
by dimejinky99
I'll give this another watch. Didnt think the extra footage added all that much except for more battle stuff.

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Sun January 10, 2016 8:16 pm
by stip
That's mostly what it was, but pretty entertaining stuff.

My only issue with the battle is the geography is confusing and the numbers don't seem to add up. But I love how he stages these kinds of sequences

Re: Film: The Hobbit : Battle of the five armies (December 2

Posted: Fri August 05, 2016 8:57 am
by dimejinky99
Didn't know where to put this but it's great. Almost 20 minutes of Tolkien reading from Lord of the rings. He had that really proper English accent which has somehow disappeared.