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EXACTLY. nossy Send a noteboard - 04/01/2014 11:38:54 PM

View original postI understand that it's a genre movie and suspension of disbelief is called for, but it was just so blatant. The rest of the movie felt so beautiful and real and grounded in Middle Earth, and then something happens that is outright ridiculous and it yanks me back to the fact that I'm in a theater and leaves me flabbergasted that they decided it would be an awesome idea to do it that way.

I absolutely agree, 1000000%, but this is the crux. I've been so busy seeing red that I haven't bothered to sort out how to express it (sorry for posting FIRST, guys. )

I was so ready to ignore the bits that were implausible, but I couldn't manage it. It had beauty and the massive views, pretty music, attractive/talented actors, but then it absolutely went off the deep end whenever possible. It slaps you in the face, and I'm not sure I haven't added a few new wrinkles with all the grimacing.I couldn't handle it, apparently.

I mean, Smaug was massively cunning and interesting to listen to with Bilbo (and I love that part of the book), but then it turned into "Hur hur hur, I'm gonna git me some dwarves! Where dey go?" Sure he was pretty doing it, but he's fucking thousands of years old, and he ran around after some dwarves before they annoyed him enough that he went to go eat humans. FOR PETE'S SAKE. That part of the book was so powerful (for me), because I could feel the terror of the dwarves and Bilbo. That's gone in the movie, because we've already watched all the dwarves survive completely ridiculous ... everything.

Jens, I apologize to you, because I don't want to be attacking you or your review, but we just disagree. Strongly.

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The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug ironclad - 13/12/2013 10:03:50 AM 1529 Views
Sorry, two-legged dragons are just goofy, even if they did the best they could with that limitation Cannoli - 13/12/2013 11:13:34 PM 795 Views
I'm glad I am not the only person who cares about that. nossy - 15/12/2013 08:41:48 AM 728 Views
I don't care whether dragons have "hands" or not, as long as it meets all other draconic reqs. Bookwyrm - 15/12/2013 02:16:15 PM 851 Views
Agreed ironclad - 15/12/2013 03:48:13 PM 636 Views
I'm not looking for "hands." nossy - 15/12/2013 03:48:26 PM 764 Views
The entire concept of a wyvern is a fairly recent one. Tom - 16/12/2013 04:48:15 PM 721 Views
I especially liked Thranduil's scenes. *minor spoilers* Bookwyrm - 13/12/2013 11:25:30 PM 703 Views
such a good physical match for Legolas Aeryn - 14/12/2013 01:22:21 AM 936 Views
Thought he looked more elf than Elrond and Galadriel put together. Bookwyrm - 14/12/2013 07:13:00 AM 851 Views
He's also in my favorite movie, The Fall Aeryn - 16/12/2013 06:03:22 PM 1230 Views
Re: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug Aeryn - 14/12/2013 01:17:51 AM 915 Views
So how is the new female elf they introduce "Tauriel" Roland00 - 14/12/2013 05:34:56 AM 757 Views
I liked her ironclad - 14/12/2013 10:43:22 AM 702 Views
A lot of reviews said she was one of the best parts of the movie Aeryn - 16/12/2013 06:05:50 PM 914 Views
Have to say, this was even worse than the first one, and I fear the third one may be still worse. Legolas - 04/01/2014 12:32:51 AM 738 Views
You know what I think. I definitely have spoilers. nossy - 04/01/2014 07:23:52 PM 717 Views
No point in arguing about such things, of course ironclad - 04/01/2014 09:51:07 PM 603 Views
This is true. nossy - 04/01/2014 11:22:51 PM 638 Views
This. What Jen said. *NM* Legolas - 05/01/2014 10:28:46 AM 311 Views
"Hamster", not "Hampster". Tom - 05/01/2014 05:28:48 PM 638 Views
It's a Gerbil from the Hamptons. nossy - 05/01/2014 08:11:39 PM 623 Views
Or perhaps a hipster rodent. All the more reason to poison it. *NM* Tom - 06/01/2014 07:54:13 PM 321 Views
I'm going to watch it at some point, but ... Nate - 04/01/2014 10:32:15 PM 797 Views
EXACTLY. nossy - 04/01/2014 11:38:54 PM 715 Views
Ah...Ice Pirates...an underrated classic of the 1980s. Tom - 05/01/2014 05:27:04 PM 651 Views
Underrated? nossy - 05/01/2014 08:14:45 PM 650 Views
The golden statue Aeryn - 06/01/2014 05:55:31 PM 1004 Views
...that doesn't make me feel better. nossy - 07/01/2014 06:41:01 PM 688 Views
Fat dwarves can roll a 20 too, you know? ironclad - 07/01/2014 07:01:17 PM 695 Views
I've been looking at this all wrong. *NM* nossy - 07/01/2014 08:42:47 PM 344 Views
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