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The Hobbit: Battle of The Five Armies ends with a 45-minute battle scene
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Posted on 10/24/2014 6:51:44 PM PDT by Perdogg
Perhaps explaining why those Hobbit movies cost so much damn money to make, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies will end with a 45-minute battle scene. Director Peter Jackson spoke with EW about the logistics of creating such an epic climax. We have dwarves and men and elves and orcs, all with different cultures, with different weapons, and different shields and patterns and tactics, Jackson explains, before sharing the highly scientific way he maps out his fight scenes:
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hobbit; jrrtolkien; lotr; peterjackson
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:51:44 PM PDT
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Perdogg
To: DollyCali; Perdogg; EveningStar; Borges; Mr. K; Blondie; altura; mylife; Mama_Bear; Jack Deth; ...
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:53:19 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
To: Perdogg
The Spitfire was a beautiful airplane, but I hope they give the Hurricane its due. It was a rock solid gun platform.
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:53:57 PM PDT
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Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: Sirius Lee
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:55:02 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: Perdogg
Peter Jackson, in his stinker version of King Kong, had a 45 minute falling off a cliff scene. Stupidest thing I ever saw in a movie.
Well, maybe it wasn’t 45 minutes, but it sure seemed like it.
To: Perdogg
I wish the midterms would end that way
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:58:34 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
(Obola is a muslim terrorist & his viral illegals need to be deported NOW!)
To: doc1019
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:58:43 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
10/24/2014 6:59:35 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: Perdogg
When do they film the Wheel of Time movie?
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:01:08 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Perdogg
I think I’d rather read the book again.
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:01:24 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: doc1019
? Sorry, I was filmagining how great it would be to just splice out of the last 45 minutes of this latest Hobbit film and insert the fight scenes from "The Battle of Britain" instead.
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:09:03 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: Cicero
I'm a huge Tolkien fan. I found the LOTR movies to be not too bad -- although many parts made me cringe (Jackson thinks he's a better story-teller than Tolkien). But the Hobbit movies have been really painful. I didn't like the first one, and I hated the second one.
I kind of wish George Lucas were in charge of it instead of Jackson (that's the worst insult I can come up with).
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:09:10 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: Sirius Lee
LOL! Completely understand. Probably be more interesting. ;-)
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:11:44 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: Perdogg
To: Perdogg
45 minute battle scene at the end?
It’s almost like they filmed many folk’s Thanksgiving dinner.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:25:31 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:27:00 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Perdogg
TOO DAMN LONG! I am a huge Hobbit fan. I loved The Lord of the Rings. It was necessary that it take three movies to make. That being said: The Hobbit is a children's story the entire story should have been no longer than 2.5 hrs and that is a stretch. Besides money, WHY would you corrupt a perfectly good story by making it at least three times longer than it deserves?
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posted on
10/24/2014 7:44:46 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Perdogg
The first LOTR was good. The second with the long battle scenes lost me so much I didn't bother to ever watch the third.
Forty-five minute battle scene? Why? It adds nothing to the STORY.
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posted on
10/24/2014 8:06:18 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a death panel.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I'm a huge Tolkien fan. I found the LOTR movies to be not too bad -- although many parts made me cringe (Jackson thinks he's a better story-teller than Tolkien). I know what you're saying. I remember in the "Mines of Moria" section, Jackson inserted this ridiculously gratuitous scene with huge chunks of rock falling and destroying the stone stairway (as if Orcs, Trolls, and a Balrog weren't dramatic enough).
Aragorn and Frodo get caught on one of the teetering sections, and Aragorn sez "Lean forward!"
Absolutely ridiculous, and a good example of sometimes just having too big of a special effects budget. I mean, why not include the scene where Gandalf puts a hold spell on the door, which is answered by a potent counterspell (from the Balrog?)
Point being, such silly additions, while deleting other excellent vignettes, was just wrong.
Having said that, I thought that Jackson did great on the original trilogy, despite the shortcomings...
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posted on
10/24/2014 8:07:40 PM PDT
by
sargon
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