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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6061899" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>My wife and I saw the film last night. We both know and enjoy the original book, but I am more of a Tolkien fan than she is. So, for example, she doesn't know the background about Dol Guldur and such. I was okay with the length, but I have greater tolerance for the repeated, long, "hey, look, New Zealand is beautiful!" shots. The movie was not so good as it didn't have my wife checking her watch occasionally after the 2-hour mark.</p><p></p><p>Like several here, I feel the opening Frodo scene could be left out. With Gandalf around, he doesn't need to establish continuity that way. The Radagast scenes we both enjoyed. For one thing, Sylvester McCoy is a bit of a genius. For another, it is useful to help set up whey Gandalf will be away later. I think they played up Gandalf's suspicion that it is the Enemy overmuch - in the original that sits for 60 or so years after this adventure. It can't be that much in the forefront now.</p><p></p><p>I think the giants were way, way overdone. That looked a lot like a scene for the sake of an effects scene. And the Goblin King was a touch too erudite for my tastes.</p><p></p><p>There's one really small change that seems to me to make a notable difference in character - how Bilbo leaves the house the morning after the party. In the original, he's sort of fast-talked out by Gandalf, if I recall correctly. In this, he more actively chooses to grab the bull by the horns. I don't mind the change, but it is a notable one, and means something for the character, I think. Similarly, how he violently saves Thorin's bacon makes him a bit different from the Bilbo we see in the book. Again, not bad. Just different.</p><p></p><p>I understand the whole presence of "Moby Orc" - he's there to give at least a single thread of continuity over all three movies, and makes a few things happen in ways that are slightly less arbitrary than in the original, which does sometimes seem just like a chain of unfortunate events that happen to the dwarves for no particular reason. However, they do add to the dragging on a bit, so I'm a bit ambivalent about him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6061899, member: 177"] My wife and I saw the film last night. We both know and enjoy the original book, but I am more of a Tolkien fan than she is. So, for example, she doesn't know the background about Dol Guldur and such. I was okay with the length, but I have greater tolerance for the repeated, long, "hey, look, New Zealand is beautiful!" shots. The movie was not so good as it didn't have my wife checking her watch occasionally after the 2-hour mark. Like several here, I feel the opening Frodo scene could be left out. With Gandalf around, he doesn't need to establish continuity that way. The Radagast scenes we both enjoyed. For one thing, Sylvester McCoy is a bit of a genius. For another, it is useful to help set up whey Gandalf will be away later. I think they played up Gandalf's suspicion that it is the Enemy overmuch - in the original that sits for 60 or so years after this adventure. It can't be that much in the forefront now. I think the giants were way, way overdone. That looked a lot like a scene for the sake of an effects scene. And the Goblin King was a touch too erudite for my tastes. There's one really small change that seems to me to make a notable difference in character - how Bilbo leaves the house the morning after the party. In the original, he's sort of fast-talked out by Gandalf, if I recall correctly. In this, he more actively chooses to grab the bull by the horns. I don't mind the change, but it is a notable one, and means something for the character, I think. Similarly, how he violently saves Thorin's bacon makes him a bit different from the Bilbo we see in the book. Again, not bad. Just different. I understand the whole presence of "Moby Orc" - he's there to give at least a single thread of continuity over all three movies, and makes a few things happen in ways that are slightly less arbitrary than in the original, which does sometimes seem just like a chain of unfortunate events that happen to the dwarves for no particular reason. However, they do add to the dragging on a bit, so I'm a bit ambivalent about him. [/QUOTE]
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