The Desolation of Smaug

[rehmwa]

Impressions of: "The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug" from someone that read the book every year for a couple decades.

OK, cool, it's starting....ok, fun enough.....nice....who the hell is that?.....ok....he was done nicely....kinda skipped a few bits....ok....where the heck was that from......who the hell is that?......what the......what the.....who the.....can we please get back on the story line?.....ok,.....nice, I hoped they'd explore that part.......who the hell IS that.....why the hell do they need to put HIM in this movie......what the......ha ha ha ha clever......they didn't DO that.....or that....or THAT.....seriously?....can we please get back to the original story line?.....ok, we're back......nope, we're off.....who the hell is that?....they didn't do that....not that.....what's the point of this new stuff.....they aren't supposed to be there.......this is interesting.....ok,....ok....... ohhhhh kay.....yawn, any time now.....why would he keep taking it off his finger?......neat effects.....what's the point here?.....fine................................yawn.................that was cool, so was that.......seriously? they're doing it THAT way? ...... who the hell is that?..........can we wrap it up .............ok................whatever, close enough for a transition movie......nice effects

[Lihu]

Good, you didn't ruin it for me. I have to wait until my son finishes his semester finals before going this coming weekend. BTW, that's exactly how I felt with the first hobbit movie, to the letter. :-D

[nevets88]

I read LOTR and The Hobbit and cannot get into the latest trilogy. I saw the first to see what 48fps would be like. I'm just going to wait till I can rent the remaining two.

[rehmwa]

No details, just impressions.

They did LOTR so very well and true to the books (the digressions seemed appropriate considering the transition from print to film - other than a couple tangents, anyway - I was so happy with it).

Hobbit?  so far, not so much.  Hard to do a trilogy.  Mainly, though, I wanted to see about the stuff not written (Council of the Wise, Gandalf dealing with the Necromancer, etc etc etc.  And hoped they'd stick with the book for the rest).