Official Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit thread

Best dragon in movie history

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just look at that cgi <3
 
Just saw DoS. While the characters aren't too intresting but everything else was awesome especially the dragon.
 
Ganondorf said:
So, I've never watched a LOTR or Hobbit movie before. I'm going to begin my journey by watching The Hobbit tonight (I have it DVR'd). I know I should probably be watching LOTR first, but the Hobbit takes place first so that's what I'll be watching first.
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I finally got off my lazy ass and watched this. Remember, I have not knowledge of this franchise outside of this first Hobbit movie.

I liked it. Maybe I should've started with LOTR, because I was lost at some points. Who the fuck was Christopher Lee's character? He just shows up and we aren't given an explanation as to who he is. Also, who is the weird elf lady, and why is she all intimate with Gandalf? The fact that he looks so old and she looks so young just seems odd and makes the scenes with them very uncomfortable.

At times, the CGI was painfully obvious. The Goblin King, the wolves, and the pale Orc were noticeably weak in this regard. Gollum had pretty good CGI and that scene with Bilbo was very creepy.

So yeah, decent movie. I'll see Smaug in theaters soon. Then probably go back and watch the LOTR trilogy.
 
Ganondorf said:
Ganondorf said:
So, I've never watched a LOTR or Hobbit movie before. I'm going to begin my journey by watching The Hobbit tonight (I have it DVR'd). I know I should probably be watching LOTR first, but the Hobbit takes place first so that's what I'll be watching first.
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I finally got off my lazy ass and watched this. Remember, I have not knowledge of this franchise outside of this first Hobbit movie.

I liked it. Maybe I should've started with LOTR, because I was lost at some points. Who the fuck was Christopher Lee's character? He just shows up and we aren't given an explanation as to who he is. Also, who is the weird elf lady, and why is she all intimate with Gandalf? The fact that he looks so old and she looks so young just seems odd and makes the scenes with them very uncomfortable.

At times, the CGI was painfully obvious. The Goblin King, the wolves, and the pale Orc were noticeably weak in this regard. Gollum had pretty good CGI and that scene with Bilbo was very creepy.

So yeah, decent movie. I'll see Smaug in theaters soon. Then probably go back and watch the LOTR trilogy.
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you REEEEEEAAAAALLLYYY should have watched The Lord of the rings first. It lays the ground out to tell you about Saruman and Galadriel.
 
I've now watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Desolation of Smaug.

In Unexpected Journey I liked it but it was slow in some parts. The Gollum scene was cool though.

Desolation of Smaug was awesome.
Gandalf's fight with Sauron was really cool and Smaug is just awesome. That ending with Smaug flying off to destroy the village was a real cliffhanger.

Can't wait for There and Back again to come out. I've also now got the book of the Hobbit on my kindle now so I'll start reading that soon.
 
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