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Arrow-wielding elves and fiery Smaug amp up action in 'The Hobbit'
money.msn.com ^ | December 12, 2013 6:03 PM ET.

Posted on 12/12/2013 5:53:02 PM PST by BenLurkin

In the male-dominated realm of Middle Earth, only a few female characters are given a chance to shine - notably Liv Tyler's elf maiden Arwen and Cate Blanchett's elf queen Galadriel in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

When adapting Tolkein's prequel "The Hobbit" into three films, Jackson worked with producers to create a new character not featured in the original book. Unlike Tyler and Blanchett's characters, the elf warrior Tauriel, played by Evangeline Lilly, is not high-born - she is a working class 'Silvan' elf, who guards the Elven kingdom.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: hobbit; hollywood; moviereview
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1 posted on 12/12/2013 5:53:02 PM PST by BenLurkin
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create a new character not featured in the original book

hmmmmm... we have a _resident just like that....

2 posted on 12/12/2013 5:54:47 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred

Fictionalized fiction.


3 posted on 12/12/2013 5:57:10 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

mathematically a double negative is positive


4 posted on 12/12/2013 5:58:46 PM PST by bigheadfred
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Cumberbatch, who also plays dark spirit Necromancer in “The Hobbit” films, said Smaug’s characteristics could convey a more contemporary social message.

“You could read him as some sort of emblem for all that’s gone wrong in the past decade with free market capitalism if you wanted to.


Smaug does nothing to create his own wealth but simply takes from others who were successful. He lays around doing nothing and creates a nasty smell in the residence he does not own or pay for.

Sounds more like an indictment of the typical obama voter


5 posted on 12/12/2013 5:58:55 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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On Smaug:

"You could read him as some sort of emblem for all that's gone wrong in the past decade with free market capitalism if you wanted to. His level of venality is pretty devastating and destroys him as much as the things around him," he said.

Yeah. Sure. We're just overwhelmed with an out-of-control free market. That's the problem. Uh huh.

I'm looking forward to the film, but Jackson always makes some bad choices, and his view of the world is not my view, and I suspect that Tolkien would be dismayed by much that is in (and much that is not in) the movies.

6 posted on 12/12/2013 5:59:18 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: BenLurkin

Does anyone remember the old video format which used a needle much like a stereo? You pushed the entire record and cover into it and it extracts the video disc.

I had the cartoon version of “The Hobbit” on one of those discs and it was actually pretty good. It gave me a good background on the story and I look forward to seeing the new movies.


7 posted on 12/12/2013 6:00:14 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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Eh...meh. I skipped The Hobbit because it looked like they were trying to make it too much like LOTR. The clips I’ve seen of the new one look like more of the same.

Yeah, I get that The Hobbit is the precursor to LOTR. But The Hobbit novel also had a different feel and flow to it. It wasn’t the epic struggle of good and evil so much as the wonders of the world revealed to someone whose world had been quite small before. The was the charm of the book for me.

Just MHO, of course. Millions of movie goers obviously disagree with me.


8 posted on 12/12/2013 6:03:52 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
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anyone remember

either fortunately or unfortunately i do

9 posted on 12/12/2013 6:03:53 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: yarddog

My sister bought me the illustrated book that used stills from that movie.


10 posted on 12/12/2013 6:04:03 PM PST by Tailback
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To: yarddog

Read the book it’s even better!


11 posted on 12/12/2013 6:04:24 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: yarddog

down down to goblin town...best song ever


12 posted on 12/12/2013 6:05:25 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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It was actually full of good songs.


13 posted on 12/12/2013 6:07:16 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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those 15 birds,
in 5 birch trees,
o what shall we do,
with the funny little things


14 posted on 12/12/2013 6:08:32 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: bigheadfred

Yeah, the video quality was watchable but that was about it.

They also had a lot of “skips”.


15 posted on 12/12/2013 6:09:04 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: BenLurkin
...to create a new character not featured in the original book.


16 posted on 12/12/2013 6:10:22 PM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: icwhatudo

“The greatest adventure” “Chip the glasses, crack the plates. That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates”.


17 posted on 12/12/2013 6:11:05 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog

my dad had one for a couple of weeks


18 posted on 12/12/2013 6:11:45 PM PST by bigheadfred
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Fake but accurate?


19 posted on 12/12/2013 6:11:53 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Just had to stretch it out a bit, eh? Can’t wait to see it. I love those stories, as is. Liked LOTR but missed Tom Bombadil, the other Rangers, and the scouring of the Shire which is crucial to the point of the spreading of evil.


20 posted on 12/12/2013 6:12:32 PM PST by huldah1776
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