OK, so I went to see The Hobbit. I'm glad I did. I got to go in honor of ahf's birthday following Chinese food. Anyone else want to talk about it? I'll start (in comments)...
I'm pretty sure the original story was plenty dramatic enough not to add new ways to get from point A to point B. They could have cut a whole hour and still had a long movie that stopped where it did. Mind you, the addition of the little council at Rivendale meant the 5 minutes with Galadriel. Nice to see her again. Even if she's not IN the book. S'ok.
Um, Radagast. I think you can probably get crazy hippie vibe without bird poo as accessory.
The bird poo was a bit much, but I still liked it.
My big complaint was with the use of the hollywood trope where the trolls would kill bilbo if the dwarves didn't surrender. I'm pretty sure that tactic doesn't work among people who routinely fight to the death, and Tolkien would never have a story element like that (although I'm no expert). Maybe the point is that Thorin is actually a softie, but, ... really?
Also- I've never seen such a hot dwarf as Thorin. Seriously!
Um, oh dear Sauron YES. I don't think I breathed normally even once throughout the entire movie once Thorin showed up. And the two young'uns weren't bad either.
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Mind you, the addition of the little council at Rivendale meant the 5 minutes with Galadriel. Nice to see her again. Even if she's not IN the book. S'ok.
Um, Radagast. I think you can probably get crazy hippie vibe without bird poo as accessory.
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My big complaint was with the use of the hollywood trope where the trolls would kill bilbo if the dwarves didn't surrender. I'm pretty sure that tactic doesn't work among people who routinely fight to the death, and Tolkien would never have a story element like that (although I'm no expert). Maybe the point is that Thorin is actually a softie, but, ... really?
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Also- I've never seen such a hot dwarf as Thorin. Seriously!
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Um, oh dear Sauron YES. I don't think I breathed normally even once throughout the entire movie once Thorin showed up. And the two young'uns weren't bad either.
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I vote poop