The Hobbit

[Daisy]

So, I assume most of you members are going to go see this? Night Watchman (inactive member and my sister) and I are REALLY excited for this.

So. Here is a link to an image (it was too big and I didn't want to make it smaller)...comment on what you think of the dwarves, and please, when you reply say whether or not you've read the book.

Dwarves-weird hair...

If you haven't seen Thorin or Bilbo, it would be easy enough to find an image. And we can talk about all the other film stuff like the fact that Galadriel will be in it or that PETA is protesting the film....unless I'm the only one looking forward to this in which case this thread will sit and gather dust.

[Gaberik]

i think the dwarves look dumb....

[Kelcin]

I've read it!
Kili looks like mini-Aragon, not nearly enough beard on his face.

It looks like they did a good job of making each dwarf have a distinct look, which ought to help individualize them. Though, the took away a good deal of the color. Each dwarf had a different colored hood, and Dwalin had a clue beard.

[Daisy]

I know! I think they should have taken less beard liberties and stuck with colored hoods to tell them apart.
I like Bilbo though, I think they made good choices with him. And Thorin looks very...well, like Thorin.

[Sir Dalton]

Umm, wow O_O

[Gaberik]

i think that putting Galadriel in was a bad idea, unless it is in the White counsel.

[Kelcin]

I think Gandalf is going to leave the Dwarves and join up with the White Counsel, as the Counsel fights the "Necromancer," aka Sauron, for control of Mirkwood. Or some other Wood.

[Daisy]

Yep. Nightwatchman is the one in our family who is up-to-date on all the Hobbit news and she says that is what they are going to do. Otherwise I don't know if the book could become a trilogy...
especially when the first movie is 3 hours long.

[Kelcin]

I'm looking forward to some entertaining dialogue among the dwarves

And I don't think the movies will skip any parts of the book like LOTR, with a possible running time of 9 hours, if the next two are as long as this one.

But speaking of that, I'm wondering how far into the book the first movie will take us. If you know, DON'T tell me, I'm refusing to get any spoilers. I want to be totally shocked when it ends.

[Gaberik]

do you want to know when the next movie comes out? i can give you a link if you want to know.

[Kelcin]

Yeah, I'd like to know.

[Gaberik]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is scheduled to be released worldwide on 13 December 2013 and The Hobbit: There and Back Again on 18 July 2014.

[Daisy]

Oh, nice! We won't have to wait very long between films then.
Do you guys know when you'll go see it? My dad is taking NightW and me on Friday I think.

[Gaberik]

me and my brother might go on the tuesday after it comes out

[Kelcin]

Friends and I are going Thursday night to the Mid-night premiere. I'm dressing as a Hobbit, and hopefully my friends are dressing up too.

[Daisy]

I'd love to see that! I crash after midnight though, as hard as I try I cannot keep my eyes open later, especially at the movies.

You may think you look like a Hobbit, but own you a pair of these slippers?

[Kelcin]

Now, those are some feet!
I'd wanted to go barefoot, but apparently, they don't let you do that in the theater

[Gaberik]

that is too bad

[Daisy]

That would have been really neat, assuming you're a size 12 and very hairy. Oh yeah also...
Tell us how the movie is as soon as you get back! Okay, sleep first. Then tell.

[Gaberik]

tell us if it is good, not how it ends or where it ends

[Kelcin]

Size 13/14, actually

OK, no spoilers.
First off, it was good.
It didn't begin the way I thought it would, but that wasn't bad.

Honestly, I kind of disliked the portions that weren't straight out of the book, those parts make the film too epic, when one of the things I love about the Hobbit is that it's not epic.
But, it's definitely a good movie
Lots of funny moments, deviations from the book all have a clear purpose, and Bilbo is fantastically Bilbo.

[Gaberik]

now go get some sleep

[Lady Carliss]

I've read it and seen it! It's great! (I waited in line for six hours at the premier... it was cold. )

It's such a great movie, but I dareth not spoil it. Also it actually didn't feel as long as it actually was, I wished it would go longer.

I thought Kili looked like a mini Aragorn too! It's really odd because I kept thinking "oh, there's Aragorn." (Well... once or twice.)

[Daisy]

@Kelcin: Wow, going bare foot would work then. Also, NightW said that most of the stuff not from the book is from the appendices (which confused me too b/c I never read the appendices). Although the troll scene did play out differently...

Okay, this movie was fantastic. More humor than LotR, which is right b/c it was a children's book. I only didn't like one thing

Spoiler:

but other than that it was great. I think they captured Bilbo and Thorin perfectly in pretty much every way.

I really liked how they included so many songs from the books. So who were the favorite dwarves for you all?

(Also, I don't know how many of you are geeks like me, but the trailer for the next Star Trek looks really good.)

[Gaberik]

i will tell you on tuesday night or wendesday morning what i think of it, but i know that i like the music, the directors of LoTR and the Hobbit pick THE BEST music for that, i love that music

[Daisy]

@Fasttune: Yeah, the music is great. I love the dwarves theme.
I'm a little sad about the next one being called the "Desolation of Smaug"...I kinda hoped that they would ramp up Smaug and he wouldn't die until the last one. I guess the main conflict in the last one will be with the orcs.

[Gaberik]

they may not show him die until the beginning of the 3rd one, but then there is the Battle of Five armies to be fought still

[Daisy]

True. And with the way Smaug dies...well, unless they change it, I don't think it's quite the epic end that the producers might want, or viewers for that matter.

[Josiah]

Hey everyone! Just using my mums iPad for Internet, and thought this was an appropriate topic to post in since I saw the movie about a week ago and extremely liked it!
My favourite dwarf was definitely Thorin Oakenshield, he was just awesome. Overall, Gollum was my favourite character though. Also, I have never read the book so that was cool not knowing what was going to happen.

[Gaberik]

Daisy, i think that the end of Smaug in the book is about what it should be in the movie, think, having arrows snap on his armor, then having a thrush fly and land on the guy's shoulder, who then puts an arrow in a small spot in the armor, then the dragon crashing down with great ruin on the town, starting houses and town on fire, and having a rising steam so thick that you can't see your hand in front of your face...

Josiah, i agree with you on the Thorin being the best dwarf, but even though Dine killed Azog in the goblin wars, he is my favorite character in the movie.

[Daisy]

@Fasttune: Well, the way you put it, the death of Smaug sure sounds epic. In my view it was just Smaug accidently (in a way) getting killed by some guy you've never heard of and Bilbo and the Dwarves not really being there to have anything to do with it (if I remember correctly...it's been a while). But now that you've said it like that, it sounds screen worthy to me.

@Josiah: Yeah, he's good at doing "epic". One of my sisters (who very much does not like action-fantasy) says the only reason she'll see that movie is because of him .

[Lady Keanna]

Thorin was kinda cool, but my favourite character would be Bilbo
And smeagel, maybe.... The hobit is an awesome movie tho.

[Josiah]

@Daisy: He plays a really good (and epic) dwarf king; him and his shield (Tree branch)

I really liked the scene where the (13?) dwarves were singing in Bilbo's living room by the fire. I thought that scene was awesome too

[Lady Carliss]

I like Bilbo the best, I think they did the movie really, really well.

[Josiah]

Anyone one own it on blu-ray (or if you don't have a blu-ray player, DVD) yet? I bought yesterday

[bidbod]

I have it on DVD, it is rather short i think. i would recommend getting the extended edition December.I think it will be much better

[Daisy]

Agreed. NightW bought the DVD, and the special features were very disappointing. There are the vlogs on there, but those are on the internet, so they aren't very "special".

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