AinurOlorin
Half-elven
Jan 4 2013, 1:24am
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I am inclined to agree about The Stone Giants. They were too big, and actually made of ambulatory stone, which was a bit of a bother. The size more than anything. Smaug should be, by far, the largest creature in these films. The Warg chase. . . yeah, I could skip that too. The Chase part, not the initial attack by the first pair of wargs, a scene which I immensely enjoyed. Radagasts only bothersome moments to me were the Eye crossing rollings. Other than that, I enjoyed him, to my surprise. He was nearly as dim or as much a dufus as I feared they might portray him. I don't see the problems with Galadriel. I just don't. She was spot on in her acting, to me, and if I have any complaint about her it is that she was played as a little too powerful in the presence of Istari. Other parts of this movie were just more charming, on the whole, than say Towers. There is an underlying joie de vivre in these films that Towers and much of Return of The King lacked. That is as it should be, of course, but while those films were more august, this one is definitely more envigorating. And in some places it absolutely shines. Erebor, Unexpected Party, Gandalf's entrance into Goblin town. . . pure magic. There is a lot to love in this movie. And, not surprisingly, many casual viewers DID love it. Those who wanted a merry, grand adventure for the Holiday Season were, in vast numbers, very positive in their reaction, with a fair number of them (not being lore learned, and thus not concerned with things like faithfulness to the text, nor having any idea of how much better certain scenes might have been had they stuck to the novels) declaring to like it more than Lord of The Rings.
"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!" "Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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