tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post2743838343238516509..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Smaug and his Desolation in 48 fps and 3-DTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-85687384487489857662013-12-16T23:40:51.554-05:002013-12-16T23:40:51.554-05:00Looking forward to seeing it with our daughter ove...Looking forward to seeing it with our daughter over the holiday. I was sort of hoping to see Mirkwood done well...but then caught myself. It's a movie. Just enjoy the show. The book is over on the shelf. When this set of three is done, maybe they'll try to do something from the Lost Tales or Silmarillion...not sure how that'd go, but Hollywood does not let go of a cash cow easily...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-48151994687887347802013-12-15T22:23:26.786-05:002013-12-15T22:23:26.786-05:00I do kind of wonder about the existence of a sort ...I do kind of wonder about the existence of a sort of foundry that seems to be made to mass produce mountain-sized gold dwarf statues that each one would contain a few times as much gold as has ever been mined on Earth.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-76290025274467503622013-12-15T15:36:10.944-05:002013-12-15T15:36:10.944-05:00I still haven't seen the first movie. Of the ...I still haven't seen the first movie. Of the reviews I've read, yours seems the most unbiased. Seems like I've been either reading Tolkien Fanboys or Jaskon holics.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-19394295278394778862013-12-15T14:59:25.557-05:002013-12-15T14:59:25.557-05:00The thing I think that goes on with these films is...The thing I think that goes on with these films is that the production design is so vast in scope and so many people are involved and so much talent and excitement that perhaps the source material is a bit drowned out. Sure Tolkien's is an important contribution but it is only one person's contribution among many and the lure to utilise all the skills of the choreographers and the set-designers and make-up people and all the rest is difficult to resist. Something of a culture of unchecked enthusiasm develops, I reckon, and the thing that results from it tend to appeal to the public and even curmudgeonly purists like me still feel obliged to see it so nothing is lost.Tom Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893168729760333884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-88284980833647184842013-12-15T14:10:50.567-05:002013-12-15T14:10:50.567-05:00Looking forward to seeing it!Looking forward to seeing it!The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-20475559698095702182013-12-15T13:45:12.511-05:002013-12-15T13:45:12.511-05:00Edited for typos
My mistake, I got the (wrong) imp...Edited for typos<br />My mistake, I got the (wrong) impression that you were frowning inthe gneral direection of preconceptions. <br /><br />Tangentally, I think all of PJ's tolkien movies have some good things in them, but are probably best enjoyed with a judicious use of the fast forward button.Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-21530541341469369932013-12-15T13:38:58.153-05:002013-12-15T13:38:58.153-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-38868310235429266922013-12-15T13:26:31.994-05:002013-12-15T13:26:31.994-05:00I don't think I said it was wrong to go into w...I don't think I said it was wrong to go into with preconceptions, did I?<br /><br />In fact, I think I acknowledged that virtually everyone <i>would</i> (second setence, first paragraph).<br /><br />In general, I take the stance that there are good reasons for disliking <i>any</i> movie.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-41209802078907347702013-12-15T13:17:44.359-05:002013-12-15T13:17:44.359-05:00I try to keep an open mind, and I don't really...I try to keep an open mind, and I don't really care about loyalty to the book- after all, I have the book if I want the book. However, I have been vetoed by the kids they are not into it, so I'll see it in some far off future on disc or memory crystal or whatever.<br /><br />However, I don't know that it is entirely wrong to enter into it with some preconceptions. I mean all of us have spent a goof deal of ass numbing theatre time with PJ, and likely have a pretty good idea of what we're about to see. The inclusion of Legolas, for example really should not surprise anyone, nor should PJ's failure to entirely get these soirce material- or at least his failure to express that understanding on the screen. <br /><br />In short, no teeth gnashing here. Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.com