Saw Hobbit, Part 1 Tonight

[Black Jack Rackham]

It's finally on HBO so I can see it for just the cost of having HBO in the first place. And boy, I have to say, I really wanted to like this but, nope.

WAY WAY WAY too much special effects and a sense of "We have to outdo the ludicrousness of the previous movies or fans'll be mad at us" There is seriously a scene where a piece of a bridge Gandalf and the dwarves are on falls off into a rift. They fall for a good 30-45 seconds and crash into the ground only to walk away completely unscathed, and that's after the Goblin King (I believe, who must weigh a good 1500 lbs. falls onto all of them (from the same height of course)).

I'm real glad I didn't pay money to see this. I'd have been pissed.

EDIT: Oh and is it just me or was it just a bit too creepy that the Goblin King had a scrotum under his chin?

[Eyeheartawk]

Yep, agree.

I love my fantasy films when they contain spontaneous musical numbers. Totally cool.

I also like how The Hobbit got turned into three movies, when the book is barely a quarter of the size of the Lord of The Rings. I wonder what their motive was...

[kenderleech]

and yet, my biggest dissapointment was not getting to hear the orcs sing 15 birds in 5 fir trees.

[salamanca]

I believe I have discussed the injury factor of that fall before. But riddles in the dark totally worked.