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‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ To End Trilogy On A High Note?..
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Posted on 12/13/2014 8:50:21 PM PST by Perdogg

It’s less than a week until The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies hits the theaters, putting an end to the six-part Middle Earth saga that began with The Lord Of The Rings trilogy in 2001, and continued with The Hobbit trilogy in 2012. So does the series do a good job of tying up all the loose ends in the franchise? Early reviews seem to indicate the third Hobbit film to be not only the best in the trilogy, but on par with that of the original trilogy.

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If you are not interested, please stay away. Thank you. I have received both soundtracks; the Original version and the Mp3 version of the extended Soundtrack. If the movie is half as good as the soundtrack, I will be happy.
1 posted on 12/13/2014 8:50:21 PM PST by Perdogg
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2 posted on 12/13/2014 8:52:25 PM PST by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushes)
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I don't understand the backlash Peter Jackson's experienced.

There are valid critiques, of course, but if you consider The Hobbit and The LOTR films as a whole, he's directed what is beyond question-in my opinion, at least-the best film franchise to date.

And certainly the best adaptation of a fantasy novel I've ever seen.

3 posted on 12/13/2014 8:54:41 PM PST by OddLane
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To: Perdogg

Martin Freeman is such an excellent actor.


4 posted on 12/13/2014 8:56:38 PM PST by mylife
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To: mylife
He really is.

I even thought he did a decent job portraying Arthur Dent in the reboot of The Hitchhiker's Guide.

5 posted on 12/13/2014 8:59:49 PM PST by OddLane
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To: mylife

I can’t wait for this movie to come out.


6 posted on 12/13/2014 8:59:58 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Revelation 13)
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Benedict Cumberbatch too.


7 posted on 12/13/2014 9:00:49 PM PST by mylife
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To: OddLane

He is extremely flexible.


8 posted on 12/13/2014 9:01:25 PM PST by mylife
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To: StoneWall Brigade

there are some versions out there already.


9 posted on 12/13/2014 9:02:23 PM PST by mylife
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To: OddLane

I thought his performance in the series Fargo was amazing.


10 posted on 12/13/2014 9:03:06 PM PST by mylife
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To: OddLane

To some extent, the criticism is justified when Jackson is adding new characters that didn’t exist in Tolkien’s world, like the elf-dwarf love interest.

It is also not warranted when Jackson is adding to the story from the background established by Tolkien. An example of this is the Arwen-Aragorn love story. They were lovers and they did marry and they both died. It was a valid addition, imo.


11 posted on 12/13/2014 9:04:01 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: OddLane

Yes, Freeman also wore a bathrobe similar to the one in “Hitchhikers” when the Dwarves arrived, but I wonder how many geeks noticed.

Well, at least he wasn’t wearing the “costume” he wore in LoveActually
:>)

He also did a great underplayed comic acting job in Sherlock.

Hobbit arrived here in the Philippines Friday, but we are too busy with Christmas stuff to go out and see it yet. My granddaughter promised to accompany me: I will probably be the only grandmother in the theatre.


12 posted on 12/13/2014 9:07:19 PM PST by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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He was is an excellent balance to cumberbatch in sherlock.

The show is a tad PC but it is well done.


13 posted on 12/13/2014 9:18:53 PM PST by mylife
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To: Perdogg

Jackson has made some truly great and epic fantasy films. I just don’t know why they’re called The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.


14 posted on 12/13/2014 9:40:24 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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The book The Lord of the Rings is made up of three books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. It followed the book, The Hobbit.
They named the movies after the books.
What’s not to understand?

Oh yeah, why did it three long movies to cover one thin book?


15 posted on 12/13/2014 9:51:58 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Perdogg

I think both series are great.


16 posted on 12/13/2014 10:09:27 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Perdogg
From a letter by JRR Tolken to Milton Waldman in 1951 -

“Do not laugh! But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story – the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths – which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. It should possess the tone and quality that I desired, somewhat cool and clear, be redolent of our ‘air’ (the clime and soil of the North West, meaning Britain and the hither parts of Europe: not Italy or the Aegean, still less the East), and, while possessing (if I could achieve it) the fair elusive beauty that some call Celtic (though it is rarely found in genuine ancient Celtic things), it should be ‘high’, purged of the gross, and fit for the more adult mind of a land long now steeped in poetry.

I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama.<\b>

The professor would have loved these movies!

17 posted on 12/13/2014 10:11:53 PM PST by Species8472 (Ordinary acts of everyday folks keep the darkness at bay)
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To: tumblindice

Amen!


18 posted on 12/13/2014 10:15:05 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Species8472

BTTT!


19 posted on 12/13/2014 10:15:33 PM PST by OddLane
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To: tumblindice

these movies are fun to watch.

However, I will always return to Middle-Earth by reading the books to be truly entertained.


20 posted on 12/13/2014 10:28:10 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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