hobbit, part iii (the movie)

taptap · January 20, 2015, 14:32

part i and ii had a thread, but apparently noone even watched part iii

wobbly · January 20, 2015, 17:20

Hey I didn't even watch part 2 I was that disappointed with the 1st part...

So worth it? I'll probably get round to watching them eventually.

Thraalbee · January 20, 2015, 22:41

I saw all of them. I find the third ok, definitely better than nbr two.

bio_hazard · January 21, 2015, 00:57

I saw them all- thought 3 was a lot tighter than the others (as it should be, since it was like 2 or 3 chapters of the book!) and like the others not as good as LoTR. Just get over thinking it is going to be like the book and accept that it is Peter Jackson Fan Fiction Set In The Time Of The Hobbit, and it is reasonably entertaining.

I'm sure I'll get the extended editions too, and I really hope some other director gets to try again someday, and without the studios forcing it to be so obnoxiously long and bloated.

Derakon · January 21, 2015, 01:10

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Originally Posted by bio_hazard

I really hope some other director gets to try again someday, and without the studios forcing it to be so obnoxiously long and bloated.

I give it twenty years, max, before we're mining the 2010 decade for nostalgia value.

nppangband · January 21, 2015, 02:19

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Originally Posted by Derakon

I give it twenty years, max, before we're mining the 2010 decade for nostalgia value.

Someday I will create NPPTheHobbit by taking all three movies and editing them down to a 2 part, 5-6 hour movie. There is a great movie in there somewhere, but the whole thing was about 2-3 hours too long.

bio_hazard · January 21, 2015, 04:46

You aren't the only one with that idea.

Derakon · January 21, 2015, 04:46

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Originally Posted by nppangband

Someday I will create NPPTheHobbit by taking all three movies and editing them down to a 2 part, 5-6 hour movie. There is a great movie in there somewhere, but the whole thing was about 2-3 hours too long.

You mean like this?

taptap · January 21, 2015, 10:04

in the hobbit series i enjoyed the first part most, especially some of the calmer moments in it. by part iii i was already resigned to watching a fantasy-action movie loosely based on the hobbit, what spoils it for me, is not length, difference in tone to the book etc., but that even the action is just so mindboggingly stupid.

everyone is now on the level of legolas in lotr films and legolas is superman. bilbo taking out rather sizeable enemies reliably with stonethrows, but despite this apparent danger of ranged attacks (at least bows are now increasingly used at range!) heroes still don't wear helmets. bows are still used for silly action movie standoffs at full draw. thorin sends away half of his small group when attacked by a 100 orcs (in part i thorin was "do you think a night raid by orcs is a joke", he must have had serious level ups in between)... in short all this is about as epic as infinite hitpoints + infinite damage playthrough would be in angband.

nppangband · January 21, 2015, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Derakon

You mean like this?

Brilliant. Thank you.

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January 20, 2015, 17:20	#2
wobbly Veteran Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 2,461	Hey I didn't even watch part 2 I was that disappointed with the 1st part... So worth it? I'll probably get round to watching them eventually.

January 20, 2015, 22:41	#3
Thraalbee Knight Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Stockholm Posts: 633	I saw all of them. I find the third ok, definitely better than nbr two.

January 21, 2015, 00:57	#4
bio_hazard Knight Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 627	I saw them all- thought 3 was a lot tighter than the others (as it should be, since it was like 2 or 3 chapters of the book!) and like the others not as good as LoTR. Just get over thinking it is going to be like the book and accept that it is Peter Jackson Fan Fiction Set In The Time Of The Hobbit, and it is reasonably entertaining. I'm sure I'll get the extended editions too, and I really hope some other director gets to try again someday, and without the studios forcing it to be so obnoxiously long and bloated.

January 21, 2015, 04:46	#7
bio_hazard Knight Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 627	You aren't the only one with that idea.

January 21, 2015, 10:04	#9
taptap Knight Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 710	in the hobbit series i enjoyed the first part most, especially some of the calmer moments in it. by part iii i was already resigned to watching a fantasy-action movie loosely based on the hobbit, what spoils it for me, is not length, difference in tone to the book etc., but that even the action is just so mindboggingly stupid. everyone is now on the level of legolas in lotr films and legolas is superman. bilbo taking out rather sizeable enemies reliably with stonethrows, but despite this apparent danger of ranged attacks (at least bows are now increasingly used at range!) heroes still don't wear helmets. bows are still used for silly action movie standoffs at full draw. thorin sends away half of his small group when attacked by a 100 orcs (in part i thorin was "do you think a night raid by orcs is a joke", he must have had serious level ups in between)... in short all this is about as epic as infinite hitpoints + infinite damage playthrough would be in angband.

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