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Faenoriel
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:00pm
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If everyone were singing the movie's praise in each and every detail, I'd be much more suspicious.
And it's not like the critics really love the LotR movies either. More like some of them are willing to give it more credit than some others.
But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
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Lusitano
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:02pm
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rise and fall with every critic that surfaces? I think it is expected some level of nagativity. Some want a Lotr 2, others just expect a children's Hobbit, others will not appreciate 48 fps 3D etc...
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Tim
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:02pm
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There's one critic I'm supremely concerned about...
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.. me. 
-Tim came by. Tim! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard about him, and I have only heard very little of all there is to hear, you would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale.
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BiggieSmaug
The Shire
Dec 1 2012, 3:03pm
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After press screenings the press don't all look at each other and discuss what they think.
I wouldn't worry.
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Faenoriel
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:06pm
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Yes, are people to allow someone else to decide their opinion
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on the movie?
Why bother to watch it then.
All the signed cares about:
1. I like the movie
2. A reasonable amount of the fandom is reasonably satisfied with it
3. The people who invested so much of their time, energy, passion and money to it get their due reward
But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:07pm
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It's not about everyone loving it.
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No movie is loved by everyone (contrary to what you said, LOTR came pretty close).
But it sounds like a lot of people are having problems with the movie and that is worrisome (if it turns out to be true).
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Welsh hero
Gondor
Dec 1 2012, 3:12pm
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Only how you like it is important
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but if you want to know, reviews start going out on the 3rd (Monday)
-Irfon
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Shagrat
Gondor
Dec 1 2012, 3:13pm
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https://twitter.com/thehighsign
Liked LOTR a lot apparently, but found The Hobbit 'intense' (whatever that means) and overly long. Plus the HFR looked 'bizarrely crappy'. Nice to see the skilled vocabulary of the modern reviewer.
The length comments don't worry me. It shouldn't really bother the average fan, since I doubt many will find the movie too long.
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 1 2012, 3:13pm
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we will c in the next 2 days.
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Tim
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:14pm
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if you decide to make up your own mind about the movie.
Also I may point out that there's not even a link that I can see to this Turkish person who's saying anything. There's no specifics at all.
-Tim came by. Tim! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard about him, and I have only heard very little of all there is to hear, you would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale.
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:17pm
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If a lot of people are having problems with a movie chances are the movie might not be that great.
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Tim
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:20pm
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I'm having difficulty with the conclusions you're jumping to
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So far, the buzz has been positive, until you posted this. Now suddenly you're worried.
So what's this ratio you're going by, because it seems to me you're totally disregarding the positive we've been hearing.
-Tim came by. Tim! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard about him, and I have only heard very little of all there is to hear, you would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale.
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Lusitano
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:21pm
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2001 considered a flop? A non sensical, self indulgent piece of nonsense?
Yeah....critics...
(This post was edited by Lusitano on Dec 1 2012, 3:22pm)
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BiggieSmaug
The Shire
Dec 1 2012, 3:21pm
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But who are the "lot of people"
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Dana Stevens is the first one to say something negative that is sourced from a person.
Everyone else has been incredibly positive. Also her criticism of "cheap looking" 48 fps is lame.
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Carne
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:22pm
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She keeps mentioning the length...
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And calls it "intense", yet she liked LOTR which is even longer 
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Tim
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:23pm
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They also mentioned in their tweets that they had to sit through two movies
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Being tired and being discombobulated with the hfr may have lent to the being irritated with the length. It's happened to me before when I watched King Kong for the first time and I was really tired.
-Tim came by. Tim! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard about him, and I have only heard very little of all there is to hear, you would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale.
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Welsh hero
Gondor
Dec 1 2012, 3:23pm
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-Irfon
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:24pm
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Wouldn't you agree that "i'm not hearing good things about it" suggests that there is a sizable amount of negativity coming out of the screenings? Or do you believe he happens to hear just the few negative ones and everyone else is loving it? What is more likely?
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painjoiker
Grey Havens
Dec 1 2012, 3:24pm
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This is the first negative response I've seen form this movie!
Everything else I've seen have been praise up to the skies above...
Vocalist in the semi-progressive metal band Arctic Eclipse
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:28pm
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He's a critic, he's an "insider" so to speak
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So even though it isn't on the internet yet (due to embargo) he might have heard some things.
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Lacrimae Rerum
Grey Havens
Dec 1 2012, 3:28pm
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Posts that he thinks some other guy on twitter thinks that he is not hearing good things from some unnamed critics.
Well that seems pretty watertight to me!
Have we at least tried to find the tweet?
LR
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 1 2012, 3:29pm
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I guess most person who praise it is from new zealand. There is no doubt at all the critic will be positive.
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Tim
Tol Eressea
Dec 1 2012, 3:30pm
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considering we don't know who the turkish person is, who they speak to and what they know. We've heard positive reviews so far and even one positive review posted here. So I'm not picking up an overwhelmingly negative vibe - yet.
I'm not saying it can't happen, but I think we have very little to go on here.
-Tim came by. Tim! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard about him, and I have only heard very little of all there is to hear, you would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale.
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