Movie Thread

I saw the first one. I, maybe(?), saw the second one. Honestly can't even remember. I was so unimpressed I never bothered to finish the trilogy though.

 

Saw the first one and was disappointed as new material not in the book showed up and it had an open end for a sequel. That was enough for me, I quit on the Hobbit and won't bother with any of it.

The thing is, I liked LOTR. The first one was kind of boring, but the next 2 were both good.

 

Yeah Netflix are doing Lord of the Rings.

I honestly don't see the point of it. The movies are pretty much perfect and left a lot of the filler stuff out you don't really need.

 

I grew up Tolkien, and the LOTR series was just awesome for me at their time. One of the very few movies I own. But then I heard about the issues between Jackson and the studio, and that The Hobbit was three parts, and I saw a couple of clips from it, and I said "no thanks" and never watched it. Do not care to.

 

It's not that bad.

There's a cut on youtube that cuts out all the filler stuff not in the books.

 

Finished Desolation of Smaug... Smaug was amazing. Great stopping point to lead into the 3rd, which l just started.

After that one, I'll give my thoughts...

 

Watched IT last night. Loved it. I was surprised how funny it was.

 

The Hobbit Trilogy... good, BUUUUUUT...

Should've been 2 movies. Too many unnecessary subplots. Too much fanservice. Goblin sequence, gone or trimmed a lot. Beorn, gone and just fanservice - the equivalent of putting Tom Bombadil in Fellowship. Evangeline Lily's subplot, unnecessary. The inner workings of Rivertown, trimmed.

Granted, loved Lily's elf better than Tyler's but Tyler's was, at least, true - albeit heavy. Long story, so they could afford the extra time. Was Lily's story in the book? Even Appendix?

Scenes with Gollum were great. Smaug was EXCELLENT.

1 movie would've been rushed... but 2 would've worked fine. Curious who pushed that? Jackson? The Studio? Both..?

Well done, well acted... too much, though.

 

Fairly certain it was the studio who pushed three film's