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Post by Ensign Sandra on Jan 7, 2014 3:01:31 GMT
Film poster, I haz one! A friend gave it to me because they'd had it given to them at the cinema as some sort of recompense for a problem with 3D glasses. I don't think I have a frame big enough to display its lusciousness - it's about 28"x42", but I can at least unroll it and drool from time to time. Niiice... Ohh, which one is it?
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Post by polleepal on Jan 7, 2014 10:46:13 GMT
It's this one, only in landscape format so slightly differently arranged, without all the small writing at the bottom. Very impressive! I like the little smoky Smaug lighting Gandalf's pipe... nice touch!
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Post by Dolphin on Jan 26, 2014 17:18:13 GMT
I finally managed to see "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" yesterday and waas slightly underwhelmed/disappointed. Martin Freeman is still absolutely perfect as Bilbo, but I find that he is the only character I care about... And I wish they'd stop adding/inventing that extra material... But enough complaining. I have a question: Did anyone understand what was going on with Thranduil's face??? Were the dragon scars how he actually Looks like? It sounded a bit like that to me and reminded me of Prachett's elves, who can make you see what they want you to see. No wonder that Legolas used to be the prettiest
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Post by HMS Lydia on Mar 31, 2014 13:31:16 GMT
Because there were a lot of people I had promised to see this movie with, but when it came out they were scattered over three countries, when all was said and done I ended up watching Desolation of Smaug not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES. The thing is, I swear it gets better in the re-watching. The first time was a bit meh for me because all the padding really weighed on me: I didn't see how they were going to stretch the story thin enough and every time some filler got added, I groaned. But then once that was out of the way I could resign myself to the somewhat wonky screenwriting and really enjoy the goodies: such as Bilbo's face when Smaug wakes up (if ever there was a OH C***P moment), the return of Legolas (though looking somewhat sleepless for the bad CGI) and, well, Thorin. Somehow I escaped the wonder that is Richard Armitage until this winter, when in a short time The Hobbit, North and South and Robin Hood all came my way. And all I have to say is, OH BOY. Thorin Oakenshield is not an easy character to portray, what with his greed and his cavalier treatment of Bilbo, but he completely embraces the bad and brings out the good in his love of his people and land for a portrait that is striking, compelling, and, well, when all's been said and done, hot as all hell. Yes, Dwarves do it for me now.
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Post by QueueMistressMags on Mar 31, 2014 14:48:51 GMT
Welcome to the ranks of Pervy Dwarf Fanciers. I was just going on to someone about Thorin yesterday (my book group is reading North and South, so some of our members are watching the series as well and discovering the Joy of Armitage) and let's face it, Thorin in the book is a cranky old dude, and somehow Peter Jackson (may the Goddess of Fangirls bless him forever) took that guy and made him all heroic. In the first movie, when he sings the Misty Mountains song, and then Balin's flashback about Thorin leading the Dwarves after their home is destroyed, and WHEN HE COMES DOWN FROM THE TREE OH MY GODFATHERS and in the second when he comes up with a Cunning Plan to save them from Smaug, even though it violates about a thousand rules of physics, there are just so many wonderful Thorin moments and Richard is the perfect actor to play him. As big a Tolkien fan as I am, I am not a bit disturbed by the changes made for the film. The book is still there, and I can read it any time I want (I even bought the ebooks).
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS STOP READING HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK
I am a little worried about the next movie--those of us familiar with the original know what happens, and I'm not just meaning the deaths of certain characters, but the whole Arkenstone thing. It really casts Thorin in a nasty light. Jackson and Co. have done their best to set up the Arkenstone as more symbolic than pure greed and besides it puts a spell on you so personal responsibility goes by the wayside and besides, how are you enjoying YOUR magic jewelry, Mr. Baggins? but I am still concerned because I love this character and I don't want to feel obliged to hate him for his nasty greed.
Incidentally, I think Bilbo already has the Arkenstone. I think he picked it up in the cave and it just wasn't shown.
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Post by HMS Lydia on Mar 31, 2014 18:56:55 GMT
SPOILERS YOU GUYS. DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE HOBBIT. SERIOUSLY. I completely get you on that. I think I was worried too about the shift change from Hero!Thorin to greedy!Thorin but for what we have seen they are setting it up really well, especially with showing how the treasure is also a stand-in for all they have lost and not just, you know, shiny precious stuff. I am sure all the deaths are beoing set up as very dramatic and of the two things that make a death good and cathartic (awesome actor+good screenwriter for dialogue) they have both. Also LotR showed just how well that creative team can do damnation followed by redemption, so I am not overly worried. But hey, they could prove me wrong -.- END SPOILERS But yes, Richard Armitage. He is. Just. I don't know. I don't think I have fallen for a character and then the actor who plays him so hard since, well, Hornblower, which says lots about HH fangirls. When he steps out of the barrel, and then when he faces down bard, and then WHEN HE FACES DOWN THE DARN DRAGON. And then I don't know. I kinda want Thorin's children. It's ok, my boyfriend knows.
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Post by QueueMistressMags on Mar 31, 2014 19:41:55 GMT
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
True. Thorin is redeemed in the end... *sob*
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