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Glassary
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Nov 6 2014, 7:10pm
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Not going to wade in on the CGI debate. But the emotions evoked are outstanding. Dwalin confronting Thorin and agreeing with Bilbo, unexpected and great. Elrond in armor, the entire Dol Guldur scenes...wonderful. Literally the gangs all here and ready to rock. Thranduil still mysterious but epic. PJ has said that he is the best fighter in ME so can't wait to see this. Also don't think he does Tauriel in. Think PJ has cut & pieced the trailer to imply things that we will find are not true for either of them. I think Thranduil comes upon Tauriel at Kilis side as he is dying or dead. She reacts to someone being there and he knocks aside her bow. Have a feeling that Tauriel doesn't die at all. Wish could have spied Dain and some more Balin but some mystery for the film is o.k.
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Elarie
Grey Havens
Nov 6 2014, 7:11pm
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Suspension of disbelief and good story telling are everything. I also remember those rubber monster suits (with the zippers up the back), and I have to remind myself sometimes just how far special effects have come and how the most amazing CGI now looks ordinary to me. I'm just really happy that Middle Earth has been so beautifully created on film, since I can remember a time when it was literally impossible to do this.
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caglarkuraner
Bree
Nov 6 2014, 7:11pm
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00:43 Gandalf ?
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shadowdog
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Nov 6 2014, 7:11pm
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that miniatures don't film well with the digital high speed cameras they were using to film The Hobbit.
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Smaug Report
Bree
Nov 6 2014, 7:11pm
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This is not about opinions. You can say the sky is made of dead fish, and yeah, you have the right to your opinion, but it's clearly ridiculous. So is saying something of this obvious overall quality is atrocious. If you think that there's nothing behind the same handful of people spewing the same nasty bile here time and time again, on a message board about films they hate yet they can't stop mysteriously posting about is just them offering their sweet little thoughts, I have some swamp property for you.
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Carne
Tol Eressea
Nov 6 2014, 7:14pm
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I like spotting these minor "goofs", which mostly end up being fixed anyways. There's also a quick shot of Freeman's double Brett Sheerin in one of the AUJ trailers. Lots of fun watching Ingrid Kleinig do her stunt scenes as Tauriel in the TDoS extras.
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shaundobson
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Nov 6 2014, 7:16pm
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trailer is alright, CGI is way over used in this i must say however, and i'm sure even the CGI defenders will agree it's abit over used, the orcs attacking the dwarves look bloody awful. Even the locations look like a computer game and that elf army ! And the plot's i dont like, everytime i see another kili/tauriel scene it irritates me alot, but thats just my opinion. Another Bolg/legolas showdown is pointless another waisted plot.
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Eruonen
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Nov 6 2014, 7:17pm
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Agree, I was first captured by the emotional aspects
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and the intensity. Sure, a few designs I questioned but overall it was a terrific trailer. I am sure he did not show us Thranduil cutting Tauriel's head off. I do see her thrown against a stone wall....who knows...but I doubt we will see a spoiler in the trailer. The freeze frame on the Dol Guldur circle scene is great. Shining silver armour clad warriors / council members and Saruman is terrific.
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BlackFox
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Nov 6 2014, 7:17pm
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"This was the last move in a master plan, a plan long in the making." //
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There&ThereAgain
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Nov 6 2014, 7:17pm
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Sacrifice quality of film to protect the environment
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I know that this time around the filmmakers didn't want to impact the NZ landscape so instead chose to shoot more plates and marry those with the actors on greenscreen. So what we get is the movies we are getting and that's okay for me because traveling around the NZ countryside it would be a shame to have that being trampled on and big filming trucks carving big roads into the natural landscape. Also, I think PJ and the main filmmakers don't want to travel as much. If they can film "almost" everything in the studio why not? There is a such a big infrastructure in Wellington. It's also cheaper.
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Darkstone
Immortal
Nov 6 2014, 7:18pm
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But I remember the same kinds of "special effects". Who could forget Jason and the Argonauts! I was nine or ten when I saw the trailer on TV with the skeleton army and thought it was the most awesome thing I ever had seen!! I just had to see it!!! Mowed lawns all week so I could go to the Saturday showing. Went in when they opened at noon and saw it again and again till the theater closed at midnight. Ah, the wonderment!!
****************************************** I met a Balrog on the stair. He had some wings that weren't there. They weren't there again today. I wish he would just fly away.
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redgiraffe
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Nov 6 2014, 7:18pm
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Not going to wade in on the CGI debate. But the emotions evoked are outstanding. Dwalin confronting Thorin and agreeing with Bilbo, unexpected and great. Elrond in armor, the entire Dol Guldur scenes...wonderful. Literally the gangs all here and ready to rock. Thranduil still mysterious but epic. PJ has said that he is the best fighter in ME so can't wait to see this. Also don't think he does Tauriel in. Think PJ has cut & pieced the trailer to imply things that we will find are not true for either of them. I think Thranduil comes upon Tauriel at Kilis side as he is dying or dead. She reacts to someone being there and he knocks aside her bow. Have a feeling that Tauriel doesn't die at all. Wish could have spied Dain and some more Balin but some mystery for the film is o.k. CGI aside the emotion definitely looks great. A problem I had with the last two, especially DOS, was too much focus on action and not enough on characters. Judging from this trailer it looks like a lot of focus on character. I'm excited to see how it all plays out.
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redgiraffe
Rohan
Nov 6 2014, 7:20pm
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that miniatures don't film well with the digital high speed cameras they were using to film The Hobbit. I know PJ has said that. The problem for me is that I still don't like it. He could have had many reasons for doing so and they can all be justified. Still, it doesn't look as good to me, and I would have preferred him to have filmed it the old way. I think it would have looked a lot better, IMO.
-Sir are you classified as human -Negative, I am a meat-popsicle
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mo0on-light
The Shire
Nov 6 2014, 7:21pm
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that what i call an epic trailer .. why no one talked about the background trailer .. is soo amazing i really can't wait to get soundtrack cover ... but i really have question to peter is why do you hate fili so much none of any three over trailer did ever show him i really wish to know why all of scenes only for kili but not to fili don't you think he deserve more scenes as much as kili
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Aitieuriskon
Lorien
Nov 6 2014, 7:21pm
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Something worthwhile to discuss. Here's what I think: 1.) In the book the Elvenking wants a share of the hoard, both because he believes that some of his own wealth is in the mountain, and because he wants to help out the homeless Lakemen. In the filmverse, we were shown his desire for the Nauglamir-esque gems from the AUJ EE prologue, which is presumably what he's after here. 2.) Gandalf is referring to Sauron's master plan. The orcs appear to be entering tunnels that will allow them to approach the Mountain unseen while the Free Peoples quarrel. 3.) In the book, bats block out the sun during the battle and allow the goblins to march and fight during the day. Here they appear to be closer to the Thuringwethil-style vampire-bat creatures of the Silmarillion than to those we saw in AUJ streaming out of Dol Guldur. Mount Gundabad was the primary orc-hold in the North of the Misty Mountains. It's where the hunters under Azog and Bolg come from in the film-verse. It looks like it operated as Sauron's secondary base under Azog's command. Legolas and Tauriel probably track Bolg there following the destruction of Laketown. The forces of Azog marching from Dol Guldur and the forces of Bolg marching from Mt. Gundabad will likely meet up and flank the unsuspecting Free Folk at some point. 4.) Not really sure about where this frozen waterfall is meant to be. Presumably somewhere in the environs of Dale or Ravenhill. Unless it's near Mt. Gundabad?
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Boromir Stark
Rivendell
Nov 6 2014, 7:22pm
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Harryhausen's stop-motion fantasy movies are still the best fantasy movies for me.
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His creatures weren't just monsters for the heroes to fight - they were characters of their own. Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, the Sinbad Trilogy... All fantastic monster movies. If you liked those you should check out Jack the Giant Killer. Not a Harryhausen movie, but made by the same director and with some of the same actors as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. The effects aren't anywhere near as good as Harryhausen's movies, but it's still a very good fantasy flick.
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Lindele
Gondor
Nov 6 2014, 7:25pm
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where 'someone' blatantly called anyone who liked the trailer 'sheepish' and would love anything PJ does...that one was a bit aggressive and I wouldn't blame anyone for taking offense.
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iduna
Rivendell
Nov 6 2014, 7:25pm
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I felt like I could hear Dwalin's heartbreak there -- so much emotion! He's been so loyal to Thorin for so long, to have to realize that Thorin is not himself must have been devastating. Loved seeing Elrond, Saruman and Galadriel facing off against the Nine in Dol Guldur! That will be epic. Not sure how Tauriel/Kili thing is going to play out, though. It looks like Kili is giving Tauriel the runestone while they're standing on a gravel shore (somewhere near Laketown?). He's not lying down, he's just very short. He may be thanking her for healing him, and saying that he's going back to join the others in Erebor. Then Tauriel and Thranduil seem to be in Dale, with all that snow.
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Darkstone
Immortal
Nov 6 2014, 7:26pm
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We forget all the injuries to cast and stunties in the LOTR films. I sometime wince at the scenes I know where someone was hurt. CGI orcs don't get broken limbs or concussions. That's a good thing.
****************************************** I met a Balrog on the stair. He had some wings that weren't there. They weren't there again today. I wish he would just fly away.
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NoelGallagher
Rohan
Nov 6 2014, 7:26pm
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where is Gandalf in the shot were Saruman says: "Leave Sauron to me" ?!?
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BornOutOfTheWest
Rivendell
Nov 6 2014, 7:26pm
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Just got back so a little late with the reactions but WOW. 10X better than the teaser trailer, and one of the best trailers of the 6 films! Loved seeing some Dol Guldur actions, should be so epic with Saruman throwing it down with Sauron!
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Aitieuriskon
Lorien
Nov 6 2014, 7:28pm
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Didn't Bernard Hill accidentally cut off a piece of someone's ear during the "brace the gate" scene in TTT?
"After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear." Professor Tolkien, 1951
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