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tsmith675
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Apr 24 2014, 8:07pm
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Way too harsh. It's a freaking name of a film. Relax.
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Aragorn the Elfstone
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Apr 24 2014, 8:09pm
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As a matter of fact, I do find the small and innocent tale of Bilbo the Hobbit to be intelligent, emotional, and dramatic.
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As for using the word epic, most people misuse the word epic these days to mean "big, gargantuan, etc.". But Bilbo's journey is an epic, in the traditional sense of the word. But PJ's Hobbit films adhere to the modern sensibilities of "big" films - turn everything into an action sequence with lots and lots of CGI (the biggest offender being the DoS Erebor finale). It was absolutely possible to maintain the heart and emotion of his LotR films while stylistically adhering to Tolkien's smaller tale. Again, this makes it sound like I hate the films. I don't at all (my DoS review is practically a rave) - I've just had to adapt my expectations.
"The danger with any movie that does as well as this one does is that the amount of money it's making and the number of awards that it's got becomes almost more important than the movie itself in people's minds. I look at that as, in a sense, being very much like the Ring, and its effect on people. You know, you can kind of forget what we were doing, if you get too wrapped up in that." - Viggo Mortensen
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 8:10pm
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Since the opening prologue of FOTR?
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A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor and on the slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle-earth. Jackson hasn't changed anymore than Lucas has. It's we who've changed from innocent wide-eyed acceptance of first-time wonder to cynical critique of things that aren't like we remember them. Excuse me.... ALL YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!! AND GET OFF CAPTAIN SALT'S LAWN TOO!!!! Now where were we?
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LadyEmmaE
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Apr 24 2014, 8:12pm
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Sounds very promising. Can't wait for the EE to be released!
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Avandel
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Apr 24 2014, 8:12pm
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Agree about the general public
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Don't think to many "There and Back Again" would register - but love the idea of that being the name of a 3-box edition and love the idea even more that PJ is THINKING about (hope) a deluxe set (LOL - Can it really be true? Has the Lord of Middle Earth films really planned for my-dreamed of super-director-cut-deluxe-edition, sometime in the future? I can hope!) Yes, a deluxe 3-set (or 6, bundled w. LOTR) nestled into a carved wooden case, with a high-res booklet of photographs and a figure of my choice created by WETA (Thorin, for me). And all the disks w. actual images instead of just plain.
"Richard Armitage’s performance has been one of the best things about the new trilogy, making you believe that a hairy dwarf, so often the comedy element of the LOTR films, can be a heroic, tortured, and dangerous badass." - Den of Geek, The Hobbit: There & Back Again, 7 Apr 2014 - 07:07
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BlackFox
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Apr 24 2014, 8:12pm
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I leave the web for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! :D
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I must admit I'd grown fond of "There And Back Again", but I also feel I'm warming up to "The Battle of the Five Armies" more and more with every minute that goes by. After all, it's the contents of the film that really matters.
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Henry David Thoreau
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CathrineB
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Apr 24 2014, 8:15pm
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I've heard some fans has flipped out a bit over the title change? I liked "There and Back Again", but it's just a title.
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 8:17pm
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It's what people wanted, it's what people got. Only a few of us really wanted The Hobbit. Only a few of us wanted the tra-la-lally Elves or talking purses or animals serving food on their hind legs or speaking ravens. "Wouldn't fit in with the LOTR movies" most people said. So they got what they wanted and now they complain. Sheesh....
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Avandel
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Apr 24 2014, 8:20pm
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"It's not really fair to label PJ a Lucas when the source material changes between films in the way it does. Many like to claim that there's no heart or substance to the Hobbit movies, but I personally see a lot of heart and substance, perhaps even more than the book offers." There's a reason the Hobbit sat on the shelf when I re-read LOTR roughly once a year. That's not to say there isn't a lot of depth to be found it the Hobbit, but for me it wasn't something I needed to revisit often, and there was a reason I was fairly indifferent when the news came that the Hobbit would be turned into a film. Now the Hobbit is my favorite movie group, and I'm astounded what PJ & co. were able to build, flesh out, expand on. And the Hobbit book will always be on my shelves (can't say that for any number of books that are slated for a trip to the thrift store). A magical book, and magical films drawn from that book.
"Richard Armitage’s performance has been one of the best things about the new trilogy, making you believe that a hairy dwarf, so often the comedy element of the LOTR films, can be a heroic, tortured, and dangerous badass." - Den of Geek, The Hobbit: There & Back Again, 7 Apr 2014 - 07:07
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Captain Salt
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:20pm
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And the quality of debate/conversation
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on the boards has kind-of followed the quality of the films. Did I mention PJ "changing anything"? I believe my exact phrases were "creative bankruptcy" and lack of artistic integrity, ETC, making the movies the anti-LotR in terms of narrative, characterization, and general quality. Nowhere I did list the general purist complaints. But nice strawman, again.
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:21pm
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People have been accusing PJ of turning everything into an action scene since LOTR
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In parts Hobbit actually does emanate heart and emotion, more so than the book, but the source material just doesn't offer that much in that regard, at least not until the end. I feel like sometimes people are seeing the book through rose colored glasses.
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Aragorn the Elfstone
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:25pm
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...since I just read the book a couple months ago, I would disagree with the rose colored glasses comment. So I'll just agree to disagree on what the book offers.
"The danger with any movie that does as well as this one does is that the amount of money it's making and the number of awards that it's got becomes almost more important than the movie itself in people's minds. I look at that as, in a sense, being very much like the Ring, and its effect on people. You know, you can kind of forget what we were doing, if you get too wrapped up in that." - Viggo Mortensen
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NecromancerRising
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 8:27pm
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Hybris,Cynicism and nothing more.I did mention these "virtues" before and it is funny how quickly and easily can be applied to some opinions here. IT'S ONLY A TITLE.
"Obsession and narrow-mindness is the trend of the 2000's and synonyms to many Tolkien fanatics"
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:28pm
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If you begin your conversation with a post like yours...
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... you should have expected some of the reactions you got.
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Captain Salt
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:36pm
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LOL! Yeah, it's verboten to post anything
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other than the usual hyperbole about TH films being the greatest achievement in the history of cinema.
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 8:37pm
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Did I mention you mentioning PJ "Changing anything"?
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And the quality of debate/conversation on the boards has kind-of followed the quality of the films. Did I mention PJ "changing anything"? I believe my exact phrases were "creative bankruptcy" and lack of artistic integrity, ETC, making the movies the anti-LotR in terms of narrative, characterization, and general quality. Nowhere I did list the general purist complaints. But nice strawman, again. You said: How long has it been since creative bankruptcy caught you, Peter? I replied: Jackson hasn't changed.... You then replied: Did I mention PJ "changing anything"? No you didn't, and I didn't say you did. Is it really too much to ask for you to actually READ my post before your respond to it? Misquoting is a fallacy as well. And reading comprehension is a virtue. If you're just going to make up stuff and say I said it, do you really need me in this discussion? Maybe I could save time and just let you argue with yourself! (I can hardly wait to see what you say I said next!)
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Captain Salt
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:37pm
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Seemingly not, as your "question" was just posted as a "statement". //
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"Not tall, but broad and grim...wielding great axes. Out of some savage land in the wide East they come, we deem."
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NecromancerRising
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 8:40pm
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A bit of hyperbole here isn't it?
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I have never ever seen a post claiming that the Hobbit films are what you describe.I wonder where that..."usual" derives from.Oh wait...
"Obsession and narrow-mindness is the trend of the 2000's and synonyms to many Tolkien fanatics"
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Apr 24 2014, 8:40pm
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...between greatest achievement in the history of cinema and creative bankruptcy, don't you think? Your post was not a quality post that you seem to demand of others.
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tsmith675
Gondor
Apr 24 2014, 8:40pm
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I was wondering what he was referring to, as well.
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I didn't know if he was replying to you, or someone else; I wasn't sure. He's getting all picky about the discussion on this board going downhill, and it basically seems like he's just picking fights. That's not very kindly, if you ask me.
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Imladris18
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Apr 24 2014, 8:41pm
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It's almost like he straw man'd all of TORN.
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Haven't seen this much passion in a while. It's kinda intense.
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BlackFox
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Apr 24 2014, 8:42pm
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*gets popcorn, sits back and watches the drama unfold*
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This thread will be my dose of entertainment tonight!
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Darkstone
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Apr 24 2014, 8:43pm
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We old people get all confused sometimes. Of course the way he's been overusing the phrase he might be a college freshman who just learned about the strawman fallacy. "There's no one as arrogant as a young man who's just discovered an old truth."
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