Posted on 12/06/2013 3:31:21 PM PST by BenLurkin
eter Jackson has picked up the pace. He began his Hobbit trilogy at an amiable, meanderingly wayward canter, and tried the patience of believers and non-believers alike with that initial supper scene, almost an epic in itself. But this second episode commences with a narrative whipcrack – a quick flashback to Gandalf and Thorin tensely discussing their great plan in the snug bar of the Prancing Pony – and then we're off, at a tremendous gallop.
The Desolation of Smaug is a cheerfully entertaining and exhilarating adventure tale, a supercharged Saturday morning picture: it's mysterious and strange and yet Jackson also effortlessly conjures up that genial quality that distinguishes The Hobbit from the more solemn Rings stories. The absurdity is winning: you're laughing with, not laughing at. For me, it never sagged once in its mighty two hour 40 minutes running time and the high-frame-rate projection for this film somehow looks richer and denser than it did the last time around. Maybe I'm just getting used to it. Jackson has shown that he is an expert in big-league popular movie-making to rival Lucas and Spielberg. His Smaug, with its fight scenes, chase spectaculars, creepy creatures and secret stone doors opening with a grinding noise, is something to set alongside the Indiana Jones films.
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I agree. It didn't look smoother, it looked sped-up. Very distracting.
“Bilbo Baggins and the Temple of Doom” just didn’t cut it for me.
There is an excellent reason to make The Hobbit into three movies: it allows those of us who love Middle Earth to spend as much time there as possible. I'm just unhappy that when the entire cycle is finished, we will have in total less than 18 hours in those magnificent realms.
A Smaug is a disgusting, stinking, vile beast from Kenya which infests white houses.
Thats funny lol :)
Amen!
C'mon - the theaters need longer movies to sell ore of the "economy-sized" popcorn. Besides, people want to get more for their money even if more means less.
On the flip side, movies can be like shopping - I like to do a fast in-and-out foray...
bump!
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