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Captain Salt
Tol Eressea
Dec 4 2012, 5:41am
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Raddy's sled is chased by an "Orc army", Raddy discovers the Necro may be Sauron, most of the Dwarves supposedly "all blend together", and still can't figure out whether the Bilbo/Frodo bookend or Erebor prologue come first (or run concurrently).
It seems like AUJ will imperfect but still dang good, based on these first reviews. That's a relief.
My Top 5 Wish List for "The Hobbit"
5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck
4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot
3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan
2. Use of not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, plus the inclusion of axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate
1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!
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entmaiden
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Dec 4 2012, 5:42am
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Wow - I had very low expectations
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of FOTR. Having lived through the previous attempts to film LOTR, I was fully expecting disaster.
For The Hobbit, I have almost no stress, and it's my favorite book. I know that everyone involved in the films are committed to making Tolkien's story come alive, so I know I will love it.
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shadowfaux
Bree
Dec 4 2012, 5:56am
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www.screendaily.com - 'his battle scenes have a mythic grandeur'
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screendaily.com review:
Jackson’s dynamic dramatic sense is such that his battle scenes have a mythic grandeur to them, successful achieving a storybook sweep that has little concern for realism.
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Metal Slug
Rivendell
Dec 4 2012, 6:03am
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The large strectch b/w premier and public showing is wrong
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How will I ever make it until the 14th? I'll know the entire story and dialogue by then. 
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 4 2012, 6:11am
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just read a conclusion passage
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Then we will safe from spoied.
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chazychris
The Shire
Dec 4 2012, 6:14am
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I just read a detail I would have preferred not having spoiled . . . I'm out of here! See you all in 10 days! (If I have the willpower haha)
"At any rate he is under no enchantment but his own."
-Tolkien, The Hobbit (Gandalf describing Beorn)
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aifeme
Rivendell
Dec 4 2012, 6:18am
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100% CGI. Don't think it's good news.
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redgiraffe
Rohan
Dec 4 2012, 6:29am
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I saw that as well. It's possible he meant the Great Goblin because we all know he is CGI.
-Sir are you classified as human
-Negative, I am a meat-popsicle
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duats
Grey Havens
Dec 4 2012, 6:29am
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I've seen a couple of other reviews
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Note that Azog is completely CGI.
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aifeme
Rivendell
Dec 4 2012, 6:30am
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HiddenSpring
Lorien
Dec 4 2012, 6:42am
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Basically the negatives were all to be expected. It was inevitable that the film would feel bloated after the 3-film decision, and the likely CGI excesses hardly come as a surprise after all we've seen. But there's also a lot of great stuff being written, such as Jackson being able to evoke a child's imagination and the film having a mythic splendor to it. It seems that the movie works particularly well when it's about storytelling. So, yes... so far, so good!
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HiddenSpring
Lorien
Dec 4 2012, 6:44am
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Oh, and Christopher Lee is getting some great reviews!
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Really, really looking forward to his scenes!
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Danielos
Rohan
Dec 4 2012, 7:24am
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I think the reviews are suprisingly lukewarm and negative. I think we might be in for a little disappointment.
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Elutherian
Rohan
Dec 4 2012, 7:26am
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I don't think I could take it....
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Literally.
I don't think it would be possible for me to ever get excited about seeing a film again if this is truly as bad as critics are saying.
The Grey Pilgrim, they once called me. Three hundred lives of men I walked this earth, and now I have no time...
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Cave Troll
Rivendell
Dec 4 2012, 7:27am
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With all the baggage, bloat and Phantom Menace connections being drawn, all the "good but not great" reviews are fine by me.
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Aragorn the Elfstone
Tol Eressea
Dec 4 2012, 7:32am
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Some are less than impressed. But I haven't read any reviews that are saying the film is outright bad. This was always a possibility. Following up LotR meant high expectations. Lots of reviews are talking about the lighter tone as if it's a negative - missing the point that the book itself is lighter.
There's also a lot of negativity surrounding the 48fps. That's certainly feeding a lot of these negative reactions.
"All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence
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Wordofmask
Lorien
Dec 4 2012, 7:32am
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Do you think PJ can get back in DOS?
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I know he has shootting 3 films in a row. If the first is not as good as it shoule be then the next would take the risk.
but there is one year b4 DOS arrive maybe he can do a better thing in time.
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Elutherian
Rohan
Dec 4 2012, 7:45am
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...It's got a 75%, average rating of 6.6/10, not one single glowing review. Just a handful of lukewarms and straight up negatives.
My worst fears are coming true.
The Grey Pilgrim, they once called me. Three hundred lives of men I walked this earth, and now I have no time...
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Dogsofwar
The Shire
Dec 4 2012, 7:46am
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80% so far on rottentomatoes.com
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8/10 being positive so far. I have a feeling this will end somewhere between 65-70% once all is said and done. All of the reviews seem to say if you are a Tolkien junkie then you will love it, so Im thinking that will still bode well for us. Twitter reponse from fans who have seen it at screenings has also been extremely positive. Cant wait to be my own judge!
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