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[JoeinAR 1,957]

Not much, it was so damned tedious. I have no desire to see it again but Dave want's to rent it and give it another try.

I was so put off by the attempts to make each of them so damn quirky looking. Gollum still looks fake.

[Jay 46,241]

Might as well wait for the Extended Edition before watching it at home

[JoeinAR 1,957]

it's clearly you guys thing and not mine. I haven't bought the LOTR on blu and have no plans to.

[Jay 46,241]

I wasn't suggesting you buy it, I was just saying if you're gonna rent it, might as well rent the Extended Edition so you have some new scenes to watch instead of the same movie you didn't like the first time

[JoeinAR 1,957]

yeah but part of the problem was it was already extended, incomplete. I can check the current blu out from the library for nothing. Of course I have to put my name on the waiting list.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

I was so put off by the attempts to make each of them so damn quirky looking. Gollum still looks fake.

lol. I suppose that's the part where you say Dobby is the best CG creature there is out there?

[KK 3,313]

Gollum looked amazing.

[Jay 46,241]

yeah but part of the problem was it was already extended, incomplete. I can check the current blu out from the library for nothing. Of course I have to put my name on the waiting list.

Just because one version is longer than the other does not mean it will FEEL longer. Through different editing choices, the alternate cut could end up feeling tigher and quicker. Who knows!

[JoeinAR 1,957]

I was so put off by the attempts to make each of them so damn quirky looking. Gollum still looks fake.

lol. I suppose that's the part where you say Dobby is the best CG creature there is out there?

No, can't say that either. there is a lot of good CGI creatures out there, but more bad than good I'd say.

True Jason, but it could be also like TTT which OMG never stopped or worse Benjamin Button.

[alicebrallice 134]

have no desire to see it again

sort of what I feel atm as well.

practically hated it after the first watch, saw it again a couple of weeks later and I enjoyed it, quite a lot. last time I saw it (at home) we literally turned it off after the first half and were like "yeaaah no, maybe we should wait a couple of months or something"

[BloodBoal 8,711]

Yeah, after watching two or three times, I realized that film has very little replay value compared to LOTR.

[Jay 46,241]

I liked AUJ well enough, but I totally agree it does not have anywhere NEAR the replay value of any of the LOTR films, especially FOTR (which I find the most re-watchable)

[JoeinAR 1,957]

I can watch FOTR and ROTK again, not often, but every now and then.

[Jay 46,241]

When FOTR first came to DVD, I watched it even though I knew the EE was right around the corner.

I have yet to watch AUJ at home.

[alicebrallice 134]

I have yet to watch AUJ at home.

did you ever post a review, btw?

[Jay 46,241]

Yes, I posted a few paragraphs after each time I saw it in the theater (which was 3 times)

[KK 3,313]

I've seen it at home. Still entertaining in parts, but I agree about the replay value.

[Jay 46,241]

Hopefully the Extended Edition will change that.

[Quintus 6,494]

have no desire to see it again

sort of what I feel atm as well.

practically hated it after the first watch, saw it again a couple of weeks later and I enjoyed it, quite a lot. last time I saw it (at home) we literally turned it off after the first half and were like "yeaaah no, maybe we should wait a couple of months or something"

After the initial Middle-Earth/Ian Mckellen novelty wore off, I've soon changed my mind to your way of thinking. I have come to call it Phantom Menace Syndrome. I'd previously shown some symptoms after Indiana Jones IV.

I now recognise that The Hobbit is a pretty awful mess of a movie.

[crocodile 9,724]

Had the same kind of reaction to it, when one of my friends was watching I was thinking to myself that I'd rather watch something else.

Karol

[alicebrallice 134]

have no desire to see it again

sort of what I feel atm as well.

practically hated it after the first watch, saw it again a couple of weeks later and I enjoyed it, quite a lot. last time I saw it (at home) we literally turned it off after the first half and were like "yeaaah no, maybe we should wait a couple of months or something"

After the initial Middle-Earth/Ian Mckellen novelty wore off, I've soon changed my mind to your way of thinking. I have come to call it Phantom Menace Syndrome. I'd previously shown some symptoms after Indiana Jones IV.

I now recognise that The Hobbit is a pretty awful mess of a movie.

hah! yeah, I was very surprised by how much you liked it at first.

how do you feel about DOS though? I'm actually getting more and more excited... mostly because of persbrandt and beorn.

[Jay 46,241]

Bringing back discussion to FUTURE films, here's trailer #3 for The Lone Ranger

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Jay 46,241]

I can't decide if I'm looking forward to this movie or not. I think I'm not.

In other news, here's a trailer for a new film version of Romeo and Juliet coming out this summer, written by Julian Fellows (Gosford Park / Downton Abbey), and scored by James Horner

[Quintus 6,494]

have no desire to see it again

sort of what I feel atm as well.

practically hated it after the first watch, saw it again a couple of weeks later and I enjoyed it, quite a lot. last time I saw it (at home) we literally turned it off after the first half and were like "yeaaah no, maybe we should wait a couple of months or something"

After the initial Middle-Earth/Ian Mckellen novelty wore off, I've soon changed my mind to your way of thinking. I have come to call it Phantom Menace Syndrome. I'd previously shown some symptoms after Indiana Jones IV.

I now recognise that The Hobbit is a pretty awful mess of a movie.

hah! yeah, I was very surprised by how much you liked it at first.

how do you feel about DOS though? I'm actually getting more and more excited... mostly because of persbrandt and beorn.

Until someone (an editor more than anything else) is able to not be a YES MAN to our famous director, I'm afraid my confidence in Peter Jackson as a sane film maker has pretty much nosed-dived. I think he's out of control, but we'll see.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

I think SS will be blunt with PJ on the next Tintin in terms of what works, and what doesn't.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383]

SS usually takes a hands-off role as a producer. But we will see.

[publicist 4,650]

Not to forget that the last TINTIN didn't exactly took the world by storm, so it's not like PJ directs E. T. Part II now.

From what i've read, Spielberg respects fellow artists too much to Bruckheimer his way through their approach. I initially wrote 'artits' which is a much more apt description of PJ after having watched the colossal mediocrity the HOBBIT was.

[Once 1,082]

I like the word artits!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383]

Yes, it should be the official JWFan designation for film makers, composers, etc who had produced stunning works but have suddenly slipped into mediocrity.

[A24 5,155]

At least, it's a better word than one-hit-wonder.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383]

That really only works in pop, I think.

[A24 5,155]

Really? You think 'hit' stands for 'hit song'?


Directors who make one great film, for example, Michael Cimino with The Deer Hunter, and who after that puzzle the world with mediocrity are called one-hit-wonders. Of course, from now on they will be called Artits.

[A24 5,155]

Director Game Of Thrones and Keanu Reeves to make a Sci-Fi space drama:

http://www.slashfilm.com/jon-spaihts-script-passengers-comes-back-to-life-brian-kirk-directing/

Passengers is set in the future on a spacecraft making a centuries-long interstellar voyage to a new planet. Due to a computer glitch, a single passenger (Reeves) awakens from cryogenic sleep 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he, in turn, awakens a beautiful woman.

Alex - who likes the term 'space drama'

[Wojo 2,458]

Poor girl.

[A24 5,155]

Don't worry, I'm sure she will turn out to be a clone.

[Brónach 1,330]

I just spoiled myself Iron Man 3 and was surprised there was something spoileable there. Dammit.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

Thanks for the spoiler!

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Jay 46,241]

I'll see it at home eventually maybe

[Quintus 6,494]

Me and Claire will probably try to go see it. Both enjoyed the first one, her primarily

[Brónach 1,330]

If it wasn't for the irrelevant relationship between Thor and Natalie Portman that has been ruining the world of this character from the start, it'd be awesome.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Jay 46,241]

Why are all these big movies opening overseas before here lately?

[Brónach 1,330]

Depends. Star Trek is released here in July.

[Wycket 36]

Why are all these big movies opening overseas before here lately?

Yeah, I don't understand the logic.

People will say its to prevent piracy, but why not just release it the same day around the world? At least it should be released in the country in which the movie is made. Skyfall is British (technically) and was released what 10 days early in the UK which is fine, yet Iron Man and a lot of films nowadays are Hollywood produced and released here a week behind other parts of the world. Just doesn't make sense to me.

[A24 5,155]

The only thing I liked about that Thor trailer (explosions, drums, explosions, drums, explosions) is Hopkins' voice.

[crocodile 9,724]

Hey, I actually like this poster:

Karol

[Jay 46,241]

Pretty cool poster, is it real or fan made?

Looks like Ghostbusters 3 is filming this fall

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/04/dan-aykroyd-talks-spirits-of-vodka-and-ghost-varieties/

[JoeinAR 1,957]

Why are all these big movies opening overseas before here lately?

Espeicially Star Trek which is a uniquely American product.