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Amanda Join a Fellowship... Hi there :) Posts: 1,739 Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Who is YOUR Doctor?: 9 (Christopher Eccleston 05) Current F1 Driver?: Jenson Button	The Hobbit Oct 29, 2012 1:00:49 GMT Post by Amanda on Oct 29, 2012 1:00:49 GMT So the first part of the Hobbit is out in cinemas very soon! Stop counting months, its weeks away (soon it'll be days.) Who is as excited as me?
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Oct 29, 2012 21:47:58 GMT Post by Anna on Oct 29, 2012 21:47:58 GMT I am more excited than you I loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy it was my teenage years. I can't wait to see The Hobbit as Peter Jackson gave me a trilogy that just meant the world to me and now he's returning to start the story off! I'm a bit worried that they won't have enough material but I think they'll be adding more from the Similarian (?) to explain Sauron and the backstory. I hope they do anyway it would be really cool .
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Amanda Join a Fellowship... Hi there :) Posts: 1,739 Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Who is YOUR Doctor?: 9 (Christopher Eccleston 05) Current F1 Driver?: Jenson Button	The Hobbit Oct 30, 2012 0:30:00 GMT Post by Amanda on Oct 30, 2012 0:30:00 GMT Actually I think the same, it would be cool if they had a lot of back story into it, more then was in The Hobbit on its own. They need to do something because there isn't three films to be made from the book. You are just excited about Benedict Cumberbatch's voice being used for Smaug and the Necromancer
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moomaatroll Junior Judge Posts: 12	The Hobbit Nov 5, 2012 9:52:09 GMT Post by moomaatroll on Nov 5, 2012 9:52:09 GMT I didn't like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy ... well I technically did and do, but to my mind it changed and left far too much out. It missed making some characters as strong as they should have been and missed showing the true relationships between some of the characters. It left out the sacking of the shire completely and Tom Bombadil. Yet they were movies 'based' on the lord of the rings lolol Sorry if I upset anyone with this postie but Anna know's i like to moan about all the stuff they cut out, when they added stuff they'd made up themselves. And I am adding, I'm looking forward to the Hobbit more than either of you, as I read it first when I was 8 years old and have loved it ever since. Yes I am using oldness as an excuse.
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Amanda Join a Fellowship... Hi there :) Posts: 1,739 Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Who is YOUR Doctor?: 9 (Christopher Eccleston 05) Current F1 Driver?: Jenson Button	The Hobbit Nov 8, 2012 23:28:21 GMT Post by Amanda on Nov 8, 2012 23:28:21 GMT I'd agree that a lot of the trilogy was made up by Jackson and co for whatever reason and they would have been better off sticking to the original more. I still loved the films but I love the books for different reasons. They did it a lot more in the Harry Potter films which was even more annoying as it wasn't even like they were making the Harry Potter films for a minority of people, Harry Potter was the "in" thing at the time!
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Nov 9, 2012 0:09:06 GMT Post by Anna on Nov 9, 2012 0:09:06 GMT She can't play the age card, she's so excited about seeing the film and says she loves the book so much she can't even remember it . I keep telling her characters in the movie (yes I know one or two have been made up again like Legolas) and she can't remember them ever being in the book . I agree to a point but it annoys me more in books like Harry Potter. There are somethings that have been changed in LotR but it still feels like LotR, the third Harry Potter film was made up total from the director/writers minds!
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Dec 20, 2012 20:18:15 GMT Post by Anna on Dec 20, 2012 20:18:15 GMT The Hobbit was really brilliant I can't describe just how wonderful it was! SPOILER: Click to show My favorite scene(s) was with the rock giants and in The Shire as always I'll write a review later as I'm on an unplugged laptop that I kept on whilst doing something else for 10 minutes so haven't got much battery left!
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Amanda Join a Fellowship... Hi there :) Posts: 1,739 Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Who is YOUR Doctor?: 9 (Christopher Eccleston 05) Current F1 Driver?: Jenson Button	The Hobbit Dec 23, 2012 18:28:19 GMT Post by Amanda on Dec 23, 2012 18:28:19 GMT I loved it too SPOILER: Click to show I loved the trolls! It was so funny the whole conversation and it kept to pretty much the same structure as the book. I also loved the Dwarves, specially Fili and Kili. The best moment with them is in Rivendell . I have to say I don't like Thorin much at the moment, he just seems to look pissed off most of the time like he is trying to be a mini-Aragon but doesn't have the acting skill to look troubled in that way. The goblins were amazing though and Golem and his riddles! Martin Freeman is wonderful as Bilbo, he really did work as a younger Bilbo. The returning characters were all brilliant! They managed to make Hugo Weaving look younger then in LotR (even though he probably was meant to look the same ) I didn't think 3 movies would work but the first movie was paced out enough that I can see it probably working!
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Rick Staff Posts: 379	The Hobbit Dec 23, 2012 19:07:34 GMT Post by Rick on Dec 23, 2012 19:07:34 GMT I do think it'll work stretching them out and adding in stuff from the Similarion. Even though it doesn't feel like much more to come there actually is quite a bit if they embellish the adventures like they have done in the first movie. SPOILER: Click to show I was hoping to hear something from Cumberbatch to be honest, the hype around him made me expect you'd at least hear him, but all he noises surrounding the necromancer and Smaug all sounded CGI'd (well obviously with Smaug) and I do wonder how they'll fit that whole story into The Hobbit as don't they need Gandalf free to do it?
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Pete Starting your own clone race... Forum Idiot Posts: 255	The Hobbit Jan 11, 2013 19:33:18 GMT Post by Pete on Jan 11, 2013 19:33:18 GMT I loved it ;D My favorite moments SPOILER: Click to show The Rock Giants were so cool I loved the whole bit with them Loved the Bilbo song also Bilbo demanding they had to go back for a napkin Really liked the backstories Most things are really cool Things that I am indifferent about SPOILER: Click to show I'm totally indifferent about the Necromancer and Smaug at the moment, I just want to get on with the Mistwood stuff and of course Beor or however it is you spell it I personally didn't like Radagasht I thought he was a wasted opportunity though I did love his rabbits Can't wait for the next movie, and even though it might spread to three movies I don't like the fact they did basically spread them out over 3 years to maximise the money they make. I'd prefer that we got them closer together especially as they've all been filmed like LoTR was.
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Oct 2, 2013 21:28:40 GMT Post by Anna on Oct 2, 2013 21:28:40 GMT Got to hear Benedict Cumberbatches voice as Smaug at the end. Too much elves though especially Legolas, where have they got his story from? It wasn't from the Hobbit and I feel it won't add anything other than to annoy me (what have they done to Bloom's eyes? His looking into the middle distance was bad enough in the trilogy what the heck he is doing in this trailer is beyond me! Much prefer Elrond and Galadriel then these Elves.)
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Amanda Join a Fellowship... Hi there :) Posts: 1,739 Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Who is YOUR Doctor?: 9 (Christopher Eccleston 05) Current F1 Driver?: Jenson Button	The Hobbit Oct 7, 2013 0:10:29 GMT Post by Amanda on Oct 7, 2013 0:10:29 GMT Why have they even got Legolas in it? Pointless. Would rather they actually had the whole Smaug story going through the whole of the series still don't get what they plan on doing in the last film.
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Nov 8, 2013 0:11:08 GMT Post by Anna on Nov 8, 2013 0:11:08 GMT Another trailer... Saw a trailer for it in the cinema, looks awesome can't wait!
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Nov 8, 2013 0:13:43 GMT Post by Anna on Nov 8, 2013 0:13:43 GMT Oct 7, 2013 0:10:29 GMT Amanda said: Why have they even got Legolas in it? Pointless. Would rather they actually had the whole Smaug story going through the whole of the series still don't get what they plan on doing in the last film. I'm not sure I understand what is going on at all with it, I mean I'm just going with the flow as so far the series just looks great. It still has the majority of the Hobbit in it just they seem to be adding other stories in around it, maybe to make up for the fact they don't have the rights to some of the work so they just want to get as much done as they can. Don't see the point of the elves though and the trailer in the cinema confused me a bit about what they'll be doing but I'll wait and see. As long as I enjoy it I'm sure the confusion won't harm the series for me at least!
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Anna Staff Posts: 2,716 Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Who is YOUR Doctor?: 6 (Colin Baker 84-86) Current F1 Driver?: Fernando Alonso	The Hobbit Feb 20, 2014 11:44:30 GMT Post by Anna on Feb 20, 2014 11:44:30 GMT Well I've seen Desolation of Smaug and was very... Confused on my feelings for it. SPOILER: Click to show I liked it, don't get me wrong, but I think Jackson's focus shifted too much really. I didn't mind the expansion of Legolas in the franchise, it actually worked, and I loved the female elf. That is all fine. But on the other hand I don't know why for a start the very short time they spent with Beorn had to be made... Shorter. Beorn had to be made less important then he was. Or why the split the dwarves into two groups leaving two who ******* die in Lakeside so that one of them can have a romance with the girl elf. Or why the dwarves had to fight Smaug. I'm happy that Smaug isn't dead and that we still have to see Bard kill him. Also obviously I don't know what I'm talking about obviously the last film is going to focus heavily on the Battle of the 5 Armies. But I feel that the whole "we have to have the good looking cast doing what good looking cast do" stance kind of killed a little of the magic of the Hobbit this time around. The bits that are just LIKE the Hobbit are magical. The extended fight sequence with Smaug left me cold. And as that came right at the end (and why have they got pop singers instead of good old fashioned LotR Enya?) it left a bad taste in the mouth. And I'm sorry if you haven't read the books but Fili and Kili both die so what is the point of them being left in Laketown? To make one of their deaths more terrible because he's got a girlfriend who'll live forever? Give me a break! It was a good movie though. Lee Pace as Thranduil was the highlight of the movie (and I don't usually like Lee Pace!)
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