tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post6416890114385581767..comments2024-03-26T20:34:49.123-07:00Comments on In a Hole in the Ground: A Review––The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyLandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-41053581302647290172013-02-10T20:25:25.391-08:002013-02-10T20:25:25.391-08:00Glad to know I'm not crazy for thinking the Bo...Glad to know I'm not crazy for thinking the Bolg route would have worked better. Its just . . . I dunno, simpler.Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-51024218029318984782013-02-10T20:24:48.208-08:002013-02-10T20:24:48.208-08:00Sepia>>I know! I take back every semi-negati...Sepia>>I know! I take back every semi-negative thing I said in my other posts. There were hoods! The movie is saved!Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-67722016000957123932013-02-06T10:00:47.437-08:002013-02-06T10:00:47.437-08:00I agree about Azog, he did seem like he was only p...I agree about Azog, he did seem like he was only put in so the orcs had a noticable leader with a reason to go after Thorin. I think that PJ should have introduced Dain in the flashback battle, and had Thorin use the oakenshield to defend himself from Azog before Dain leaps in and kills him. Bolg could have then sworn revenge on both, and be leader of the warg riders. After all, Bolg was used in all the promo stuff but didn't appear at all in AUJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-89662654772112781432013-02-01T09:12:31.047-08:002013-02-01T09:12:31.047-08:00^ agreed.
Secondly, I totally agree with the gene...^ agreed.<br /><br />Secondly, I totally agree with the general review - one of the few I really enjoyed reading!<br /><br />Bilbo - wow. Just wow.<br />Thorin - left the theatre feeling confused and conflicted about him. The movie moved me to like him and be very empathetic towards him, in the book I felt like he was just one of those loud mouthed, annoying, pompous jerks. After seeing he movie for the 4th time, rereading the appendices and reading summaries of the Quest for Erebor - he makes ALOT more sense now, and I feel they really nailed it! I do wish they'd lightened the tone with him a bit in certain parts though - singing Blunt the Knives with the other dwarves, crawling across the Rivendell bridge on his hands and knees... etc.<br />Radgast - I have no idea why anyone would complaint about him. He was pretty awesome, though the dead animals and the way most of his first scene was done left me feeling a bit odd...unsettled. Maybe that was the point but I didn't like the feeling.<br />Gollum - wow... there's nothing left to say. His expressions WERE Andy's, it was insane.<br />Loved the easter eggs, had to shudder when I heard 'Ungoliant" as I was just rereading the Silmarillion at the time.<br />The Trolls - thoroughly enjoyable, and funny, and exciting! I was disappointed when I went back and eviewed the scene in the book, but each time seeing the movie after that the feeling goes away. the scene is satisfying regardless and is probably one of my FAVORITE fight scenes in the movie. When the Dwarves are just handing it to them I almost start to feel quite sorry for the Trolls... but the fluidity and coordination of the Dwarves fighting together is just purely awesome to me (especially Dwalin and Thorin when Dwalin goes in to a roll then a hunch and Thorin lads on him and jumps off his back).<br /><br />The music/soundtrack has been the only thing I've played for a solid month now. :)<br />Only thing I'm having trouble warming up to the end song, "lonely Mountain" or whatever. TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08319024078633878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-91247135570666920682013-01-28T04:06:50.706-08:002013-01-28T04:06:50.706-08:00There were hoods!There were hoods!Sepianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-86732881299483176862013-01-15T03:09:25.480-08:002013-01-15T03:09:25.480-08:00Cillen Eru>> I think you're right, my on...Cillen Eru>> I think you're right, my only gripe is that they chose to make that villain Azog, instead of his son Bolg. It makes just as much sense for Bolg to be the antagonist, hunting down Thorin to avenge his father's death, as it does to alter the history of Azog.Landonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377475986639770455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815456409511951973.post-51850577914667838332013-01-05T03:31:45.815-08:002013-01-05T03:31:45.815-08:00I think the reason for Azog was to give AUJ a prim...I think the reason for Azog was to give AUJ a primary antagonist. As a trilogy, you have Smaug and the Necromancer, and then the Battle of the Five Armies. Smaug won't be dealt with until Desolation of Smaug, and the Battle of the Five Armies and the Necromancer won't play out until There and Back Again. AUJ would be 2 3/4 hours of set-up for DOS without another villain.<br /><br />Granted, you do have the Goblin King, but he is merely a chance villain. Drawing out Azog's part provides a real enemy for Thorin in particular until he gets to the dragon. My guess is he'll kill Azog at some point during DOS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com