Saw the mutha, fuckin, hobbit

[HeallunRumblebelly]

threeeeee deeeeeeeeeeee

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[Lexical]

can you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10? 1 being boring crap and utter disappointment and 10 being best movie ever.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

can you rate it on a scale from 1 to 10? 1 being boring crap and utter disappointment and 10 being best movie ever.

Depends. If you've read the Hobbit and enjoy the material it's very enjoyable (with some embellishments). Purists may not enjoy it, but yeah, reviewers were right. The Gollum riddle scenes are amazing but not taken with the seriousness that was conveyed in the books. Hard to though after the first three movies of him half being a clown til the end of the third. On that note, disgusted with how they handled Gimli in the movies as well, but w/e <_< edit: Gimli in the LOTR movies. He's obviously not in the Hobbit.

Solid 8-9 for me, but again, I've been following this movie for like 3 years. Fanboys make bad reviewers :|

Also, the 3d is actually worth seeing. It adds more depth of field rather than the usual popout crap they've tried with Spiderman etc in the past.

edit: Oh, and the dwarf singing is omg. Perfect.

re-edit: Also, I'm not sure how much more we'll get in the extended versions release. Peter Jackson's giant balls went ahead and made a 2hr 50 minute runtime theatrical edition. Plenty of lore-moments and scenery shots abound, which I could see annoyed people in the audience who were there for dragons. About Smaug...uh, remember it's split into three movies so don't expect too much, it's paced similar to the book and they only do get about 1/3rd of the way through.

[Swish]

spoilers: lotta dwarves

Dammit, ruined for me :p

[OforOppression]

48 frames instead of 24 noticeable?

good to see the 3d is good (prometheus 3d rocked)

[joppykid]

48 frames instead of 24 noticeable?

good to see the 3d is good (prometheus 3d rocked)

I saw it last night, and I thought it looked great. I don't understand why it's getting bad reviews. /Shrug. I guess that's why I don't care what critics say about movies. If you liked the Lord of the Rings, you'll like the Hobbit IMO. Now we just have to wait 2 more movies to see what happens :(

Did not see it in 3-D as I do not like seeing movies in 3-D.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

I saw it last night, and I thought it looked great. I don't understand why it's getting bad reviews. /Shrug. I guess that's why I don't care what critics say about movies. If you liked the Lord of the Rings, you'll like the Hobbit IMO. Now we just have to wait 2 more movies to see what happens :(

Did not see it in 3-D as I do not like seeing movies in 3-D.

Getting poor reviews for what I saw in the theaters last night. People unable to sit down for 3 hours to watch a movie combined with people giving 0 fucks about the source material. And this was at a midnight showing--I imagine this weekend it'll be pure torture to try to see this movie in any busy place.

[Furniture]

i give it two thumbs down and i havent even seen it (nor will i)

[August]

Movie was great, if you're a purist, maybe not so.

Lots of embellishments and added scenes that weren't pictured in the original book. I do have to say that they brought in a LOT of lore from other works of Tolkien like the Silmarillion and Book of Lost Tales. Radagast was awesome I am so glad they brought him in as I felt like wizardry (the Istari) were left out too much in the original books. Glad to see they brought him in and they even mentioned the two blue wizards lost at sea.

My wife - who HATED the original LOTR movie trilogy, went with me and loved it. She has even agreed to re-watch LOTR

[SamwiseRed]

just saw it, id say easily 9/10 maybe 10/10. shit was legit and better than the other lotr movies.

and yes meeting more of the wizards such as Radagast the brown was pretty cool

[stormlord]

I tried to like the movie trilogy, but having read the story ruined it.

But this always puts a smile on my face and is the best thing about the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Uz1icjwrM

[Hailto]

Movie was good, i saw it in imax 3d. Generally im not a huge fan of 3d movies because i think the visuals can take away from the story, im a big proponent of content over flair (obviously, playing 13 year old rpg). Having said that the visuals were so good int his movie that i think everyone should see it in 3d once a least, because it really does look amazing. Making this movie into a trilogy is a bit of a stretch though, the movie kind of drags on for the first hour or so, especially the scenes at rivendell, which completely felt like they were just there to give some added importance to what is essentially just a treasure hunt. Still an enjoyable movie, just not lotr quality, but thats a tall order.

Also i don't remember who was talking about the treatment of the dwarves in lotr, but i completely agree with you. The dwarves in this movie are light hearted at times, but they are still taken seriously, especially thorin, he is a badass.

[Hasbinlulz]

literally the first time a dragon has ever been done correctly in a movie

[Stape]

I went to see The Hobbit this morning and really enjoyed it. I would give it a 9/10. One point short of a ten since they did add some scenes that were not originally in the book. However, being a Tolkien fan, I did enjoy the the extra lore Peter Jackson added in. I believe the extra's have added even more depth to an already great book and did enjoy hearing of the other wizards and seeing Radagast. (What a great character he is!) The movie's length could also be considered long by some, but again, being a Tolkien fan I was so enthralled the movie to me seemed to short. (Maybe these long hours leveling and camping in EQ have dulled my mind =)

Before going to see the film I didn't read anything about it or even watch the trailers. I wanted to save myself from being to "Hyped" up and then spoiling the movie if my expectations were not exceeded. It worked! Like the LoTR series, I walked away feeling that I had started the beginning of a great adventure once again. If you liked the LoTR series and enjoy Tolkiens magical world, I believe you will enjoy The Hobbit immensely!

[Doors]

8/10. I loved it but I thought Radaghast kinda sucked. Also the bird shit streaking down his head just made him seem like a joke. He should have been done differently imo. A sled pulled by rabbits that moved faster than wargs was also kinda dumb. Some childish kid shit but overall really good.

Can't wait for the other 2.

[Csihar]

5/10. It was on par with most of the comic book adaptions. Superficial (only thing saving it was the source material), boring and childish (The Hobbit is a children's book as is childlike for that reason but not childish).
The Radagast scenes were horrible. They should've called him Drunky the Wizard instead.

It was somewhat enjoyable simply because I love fantasy and Tolkien's books but objectively it simply wasn't a good movie.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

5/10. It was on par with most of the comic book adaptions. Superficial (only thing saving it was the source material), boring and childish (The Hobbit is a children's book as is childlike for that reason but not childish).
The Radagast scenes were horrible. They should've called him Drunky the Wizard instead.

It was somewhat enjoyable simply because I love fantasy and Tolkien's books but objectively it simply wasn't a good movie.

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The goblin king voiceover, the randomness of the troll hoard find, and the wtf-ness of storm giants were really big breakers. Too much humor :| Where's Denethor burning Faramir alive in the hobbit eh? Granted, not as much in the source material especially pre-Murkwood, but still.

[SamwiseRed]

5/10. It was on par with most of the comic book adaptions. Superficial (only thing saving it was the source material), boring and childish (The Hobbit is a children's book as is childlike for that reason but not childish).
The Radagast scenes were horrible. They should've called him Drunky the Wizard instead.

It was somewhat enjoyable simply because I love fantasy and Tolkien's books but objectively it simply wasn't a good movie.

maybe its because i didnt read the books, or because i just enjoy movies but i think 5/10 is pretty unfair. this movie was better than all the other ones produced so far. not once did i look at my watch or go buy more popcorn cuz the shit was so damn slow/not interesting. radagast was awesome and alot of people on rerolled.org said he was done really good. hes not drunk btw hes on shrooms, well at least thats what one the white wizard said. guess some people just cant be happy :D

[SamwiseRed]

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The goblin king voiceover, the randomness of the troll hoard find, and the wtf-ness of storm giants were really big breakers. Too much humor :| Where's Denethor burning Faramir alive in the hobbit eh? Granted, not as much in the source material especially pre-Murkwood, but still.

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ya the rock dudes fighting was pretty random, but then again the dwarves didnt know wtf was going on either so maybe it was supposed to be presented like that.

[gotrocks]

I saw it last night, and I thought it looked great. I don't understand why it's getting bad reviews. /Shrug. I guess that's why I don't care what critics say about movies. If you liked the Lord of the Rings, you'll like the Hobbit IMO. Now we just have to wait 2 more movies to see what happens :(

Did not see it in 3-D as I do not like seeing movies in 3-D.

Not trolling, just really curious about the 48fps.

You did in fact see it in the 48fps version, correct? I heard that they were showing 3 versions, 24fps, 48fps, and 3d48fps, though i could be wrong.

I've heard from lots of people/reviewers that the 48fps thing was a mixed bag, at times looking fantastic (particularly during the riddle scene) and at others looking like a soap opera.

Anyone else have any specific thoughts on the first major motion picture shot/viewed in 48fps? I will eventually go see the movie myself, but I really am skeptical about the 48fps thing, heard alot of bad things about it.

[MrSparkle001]

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ya the rock dudes fighting was pretty random, but then again the dwarves didnt know wtf was going on either so maybe it was supposed to be presented like that.

Sounds pretty much like the book. I haven't seen the movie yet but I've read the book many times, and it's completely different from LOTR. The giants are in the book, random and wtfoutofnowhere. Tolkien himself said The Hobbit does not fit in with his grand creation, so it contains a lot of fantasy elements not found anywhere else in his middle-earth writings except the beginning of The Fellowship, which was originally written as a sequel but didn't take long to abandon that notion and become epic instead.

[joppykid]

Not trolling, just really curious about the 48fps.

You did in fact see it in the 48fps version, correct? I heard that they were showing 3 versions, 24fps, 48fps, and 3d48fps, though i could be wrong.

I've heard from lots of people/reviewers that the 48fps thing was a mixed bag, at times looking fantastic (particularly during the riddle scene) and at others looking like a soap opera.

Anyone else have any specific thoughts on the first major motion picture shot/viewed in 48fps? I will eventually go see the movie myself, but I really am skeptical about the 48fps thing, heard alot of bad things about it.

Oh maybe I didn't, I thought it was only in 48 fps from what I had read. Either way the one I saw looked great.

[SyanideGas]

looked really good

[Bohab]

The Hobbit was great! IMO many of the negative critics of the film can't get LOTR out of their heads since they have seen it SO MANY times. When they see LOTR characters, scenes, and music in the Hobbit they are quick to dismiss the movie as second rate.

[Hailto]

Not trolling, just really curious about the 48fps.

You did in fact see it in the 48fps version, correct? I heard that they were showing 3 versions, 24fps, 48fps, and 3d48fps, though i could be wrong.

I've heard from lots of people/reviewers that the 48fps thing was a mixed bag, at times looking fantastic (particularly during the riddle scene) and at others looking like a soap opera.

Anyone else have any specific thoughts on the first major motion picture shot/viewed in 48fps? I will eventually go see the movie myself, but I really am skeptical about the 48fps thing, heard alot of bad things about it.

I saw it in imax 3d at 48fps. I thought it looked pretty good during certain scenes and not so good during others. The riddle scene did look amazing because it was relatively low movement and light. When you get to the really fast paced scenes with a lot of movement, it did not look as good in my opinion. It was almost like there was a form of ghosting in high movement scenes. Overall id prefer traditional 24fps, its not so amazing that the low movement detail overrides the high speed stuff.

[katrik]

I really enjoyed it! Radagast and his rabbits were hilarious. I really enjoyed the filler and additional backstory.

[SamwiseRed]

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shit was better than lotr, let that be on record

[Hailto]

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shit was better than lotr, let that be on record

Get outta here.

[Greegon]

the goblins were far too much like orcs and i think they really rushed through that part (i remember it taking forever in the book) but i fucking loved it. saw it in 3d, and even flinched one part when an arrow was shot during the flee-from-the-goblins scene.

[Greegon]

cannot wait for more of the necromancer

[SamwiseRed]

Get outta here.

no u, lotr has good parts but shit is so boring and frodo acts like a pussy thru the whole movie. if it werent for samwise gamgee the greatest hobbit ever to live, i probably wouldnt even re-watch them.

[Raavak]

and they even mentioned the two blue wizards lost at seaThey went into the east and nothing is known what became of them
the rock dudes fighting was pretty randomI had wondered if they were going to even put those in, since these creatures never make another appearance anywhere else in Tolkien's works. I don't think they added anything.
the goblins were far too much like orcsThey are the same thing in Middle Earth.

I am kind of a purist, but the embellishments were not bad to me. A lot of the added stuff was part of the story but in different works. I like how the beginning takes place the morning before the Fellowship opens; nice touch.

[SamwiseRed]

The dwarves city looked like iron forge.

[Lexical]

if it werent for samwise gamgee the greatest hobbit ever to live, i probably wouldnt even re-watch them.

You misspelled Peregrin Took.

[Torros]

the goblins were far too much like orcs

Goblins and Orcs are the same thing.

The giants are in the book, random and wtfoutofnowhere

Yeah, but they weren't literally ROCK giants in the book. In the book, they are giants (just like any other giants, but noted as being much TALLER) who are running around in the plains (under the mountain they are trying to take shelter inside of) throwing rocks at each other for sport. Peter Jackson took it as they are giants made out of rock.

[a2j2t]

Not trolling, just really curious about the 48fps.

You did in fact see it in the 48fps version, correct? I heard that they were showing 3 versions, 24fps, 48fps, and 3d48fps, though i could be wrong.

I've heard from lots of people/reviewers that the 48fps thing was a mixed bag, at times looking fantastic (particularly during the riddle scene) and at others looking like a soap opera.

Anyone else have any specific thoughts on the first major motion picture shot/viewed in 48fps? I will eventually go see the movie myself, but I really am skeptical about the 48fps thing, heard alot of bad things about it.

I saw it in that 3d 48fps and I would not recommend it. Although my family didn't have the same issue, it felt like the whole thing was in fast forward to me. I'm probably going to see it again just the normal 2d version and get to actually enjoy it instead of feeling nauseated the whole time. :(

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P.S. I was upset at the riddle telling between Bilbo and Golem, "time, time" was a cry for more time with the riddle, not his actual guess :( And also when they saw the camp of trolls (I believe they were trolls), I thought I remembered that Bilbo mimicked their voices from behind the trees to cause them to bicker, but I didn't catch that in the movie. Bilbo was played as far too much of a hero rather than the well-to-do good natured hobbit who happens to have a spark in him. /shrug Everyone's interpretation will be different though I suppose.

[Hailto]

I saw it in that 3d 48fps and I would not recommend it. Although my family didn't have the same issue, it felt like the whole thing was in fast forward to me. I'm probably going to see it again just the normal 2d version and get to actually enjoy it instead of feeling nauseated the whole time. :(

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P.S. I was upset at the riddle telling between Bilbo and Golem, "time, time" was a cry for more time with the riddle, not his actual guess :( And also when they saw the camp of trolls (I believe they were trolls), I thought I remembered that Bilbo mimicked their voices from behind the trees to cause them to bicker, but I didn't catch that in the movie. Bilbo was played as far too much of a hero rather than the well-to-do good natured hobbit who happens to have a spark in him. /shrug Everyone's interpretation will be different though I suppose.

Well with regards to the troll scene, thats not really up for interpretation, they completely changed it from how it was in the book. Although there is always some adaptation for movies from books so thats not really that surprising. I agree that the overall feel of bilbo in the movie was more of a hero than just a clever "tricky" type character.

[Snagglepuss]

I liked when Radaghast was quadding those Worgs... or was he just getting a big train together to train Gandalf?

[Clark]

can't wait to see this movie!

[Strifer]

I liked when Radaghast was quadding those Worgs... or was he just getting a big train together to train Gandalf?

He was going to train the necro who feared him from some sweet dungeon xp.