Incanus 5,716 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I haven't booked tickets yet but I am probably going to see it sometime next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 That one to be fair was a poorly-written review.Why do you consider it poorly-written? Is it because the reviewer doesn't go into detail about what he didn't like in the film, or is it because of something else?Seeing it with my sister on Thursday 18:30You have a sister, now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've had a sister since 1980, Alvar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Well, never heard you mention her until today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 You didnt mention your kinship with Alice untill recently either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 That one to be fair was a poorly-written review.Why do you consider it poorly-written? Is it because the reviewer doesn't go into detail about what he didn't like in the film, or is it because of something else?The mocking of the Tolkien terms and language is very childish, you have to admit that. Suggests he was never going to like this if he can't get past things like that. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 That's true and all, but he did give After Earth 7/10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gkgyver 1,645 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 No, it means YOU don't have much credibility as a viewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 So what? Roger Ebert gave Prometheus a 4/4 rating in his review. Does that mean he also didn't have any credibility as a reviewer?Of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KK 3,307 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Another thing that I felt was a drawback was a number of foreshadowing of moments in The Lord of the Rings that felt like very heavy-handed fan-service callbacks.I guess PJ didn't learn his lesson... I read it up till the spoiler mark. Seems like a much more balanced review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeUnderHill 205 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Alexcremers would now claim that Cumberbatch is a raging queer after watching that.Joke's on him of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Another thing that I felt was a drawback was a number of foreshadowing of moments in The Lord of the Rings that felt like very heavy-handed fan-service callbacks.I guess PJ didn't learn his lesson... Don't you think the track named "Kingsfoil", and the end of said track already clearly indicates one of the callbacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Not that he would ever be caught in this thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I wonder if I'll manage to watch the extended cut of AUJ before DoS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I wonder if I'll manage to watch the extended cut of AUJ before DoS.You sound like you're just deliberately putting it off now. Just watch it. It can't hurt (apart from the Goblin song). You never know, you might have some kind of epiphany and realize a deep love for the film was always hidden within.Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I have a feeling I'd probably like the Goblin King song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 After a few listens it becomes tolerable. I've heard and seen worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The animated version is still better, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 See I can't be doing with any of the Rankin-Bass shit. I do however have a real soft spot for Bakshi because it was my first real exposure to LOTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Nothing beats Where There's a Whip There's a Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 After a few listens it becomes tolerable. I've heard and seen worse.I thought it just became worse with each listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The EE is the superior version of the film, GK. You should check it out! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 After a few listens it becomes tolerable. I've heard and seen worse.I thought it just became worse with each listen. You guys will learn to love it when it opens Disc 3 of the complete recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The only improvements in the EE were in Rivendell - the other additions just felt like tacked on material to a movie that already felt like a lumpy extended version of some better original cut that we'll never see.IMO Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Ok, watched the EE now with commentary track, then went back for the extended spots without PJ. I felt the only section profiting from the extensions was Rivendell. The naked dwarves, even if it's just few seconds, looked awful (the CGI). Worse than the Goblin King's song even. Everything else didn't need to be extended really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 The EE is the superior version of the film, GK.Again, wrong! But you already know that.Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I'm calling it now: all you guys who dislike AUJ will dislike DOS. Possibly more, possibly less, but I'd be very surprised if you did a 180 on this franchise. Bilbo and SafeUnderHill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 We'll see about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Seeing it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I suspected some of you were retaining hope, but I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mstrox 6,651 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I'm calling it now: all you guys who dislike AUJ will dislike DOS. Possibly more, possibly less, but I'd be very surprised if you did a 180 on this franchise.I feel like AUJ was flawed, but I didn't dislike it. I was also a little bit ruined by high expectations, based on both Jackson's LOTR trilogy and the original source novel (which I hold in much higher esteem than LOTR).Certain things felt like great "extended edition" material, which was added back into the film to pad it when they made the call to switch from 2 films to 3. Off the top of my head, Frodo in the prologue, "Blunt the Knives," the invention of golf dialogue, the stone giants. All of them are interesting, somewhat-pulled-from-the-book additions that would have made good EE material, but which don't do an awful lot to further the plot of the movie, and just serve to slow down the main drive. I am grateful that I got to see the stone giants on the big screen, though, since I think that was the best effect of the movie.I had no problems with any of Jackson's non-novel additions, excepting possibly the guano in Radagast's beard. I don't foresee having any problems with Tauriel and her suitors, although my fear would be that Jackson and co. would try to do something too sameish to Aragorn/Arwen. Outside of the lumpiness of the storytelling, my only big issue was the overreliance on CGI, and/or the processing of the film so that even things which aren't CGI LOOK like CGI. It's a problem I have with a lot of movies, including Return of the King and, to some extent, The Two Towers.I look forward to, hopefully, liking DoS and TaBA, as much as or more than AUJ. I have to say, my hope of liking it as much as FOTR or the other LOTR, has passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I still think I'll like it more than AUJ. But again, we'll just have to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Bolg and Galdalf in action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Looks like lots of EPIC FIGHTS, EXPLOSIONS, FIRE, DANGER, MAGIC AND STUFF!!!! WOHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!That new Bolg looks bland compared to the prosthetics one.Smaug looks REALLY different (in a good way) compared to the first time we saw it in the first trailer.I quite like the shot of the army leaving Dol Guldur at 0'03.Overall, it's a cool TV spot. Much better than all the ones that came before it.Yeah, I liked that one. Some cool things to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 And even if it's shit you're all buying the blu-ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I think it is my favorite TV-spot, epic thumbnail too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 And even if it's shit you're all buying the blu-ray.Probably. The Appendices alone are worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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