The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

Just booked our tickets for Sunday!! Can't believe it's actually here!!

 

[greygoose]

I'm not surprised. I mean in reality Smaug has one chapter with Bilbo.

Spoiler

Are Smaug's scenes just going to be the Bilbo scene and the Lake-town scene? I'm guessing the film ends half way through the Lake-town scene and the third film will open with his death?

 

[rushmore223]

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Are Smaug's scenes just going to be the Bilbo scene and the Lake-town scene? I'm guessing the film ends half way through the Lake-town scene and the third film will open with his death?

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I kind of fgured this might end with he Dwarves preparing to defend Erebor from the other approaching interests

 

[Darth Waller]

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I kind of fgured this might end with he Dwarves preparing to defend Erebor from the other approaching interests

That's my guess as well.

 

[The Josh]

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Are Smaug's scenes just going to be the Bilbo scene and the Lake-town scene? I'm guessing the film ends half way through the Lake-town scene and the third film will open with his death?

I know how the end goes for the most part and I could share but I won't ruin that for you.

 

[greygoose]

I know how the end goes for the most part and I could share but I won't ruin that for you.

Probs best.

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Well we know Smaug doesn't die until the third film so hopefully that means we see him on the There and Back Again posters. I understand leaving him off TDoS posters but it'd be great to see him on a poster.

 

[Kibagami]

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I kind of fgured this might end with he Dwarves preparing to defend Erebor from the other approaching interests

That's my guess as well.

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Yeaaahhh! I want nothing but all out war for the third movie.

 

[Njits]

Don't know if this review has been posted yet: https://badassdigest.com/2013/12/09/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-movie-review-ugh/

It's probably the most negative review I've seen yet (not gonna fully read it), this person truly hates it. And compares the Hobbit movies to the Star Wars prequels. Yikes.

 

[jye4ever]

Don't know if this review has been posted yet: https://badassdigest.com/2013/12/09/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-movie-review-ugh/

It's probably the most negative review I've seen yet (not gonna fully read it), this person truly hates it. And compares the Hobbit movies to the Star Wars prequels. Yikes.

Ouch!

Congratulations, Millenials - you have your own disappointing Prequel Trilogy. Like the work of Lucas, the Hobbit films have lost sight of what made the originals work as they drown in computer graphics. The tactile world of Middle Earth has become a cartoon; there’s a scene in Desolation of Smaug where one dumb looking CGI superorc is talking to another dumb looking CGI superorc in what appears to be either a CGI room or a space so color corrected as to be essentially painted and I wondered why the hell I was even looking at this cartoon. I felt like I could go to Middle Earth when I watched Lord of the Rings; maybe I could plug in a controller and play The Hobbit, but it would likely be the kind of game where I button-mashed my way through the cut scenes because, honestly, who gives a **** about the story? Not the people who made it.

 

[agen_kolar]

A look at the new Bolg Design.

That is just no where near as cool as the original Bolg. I'm sure the bottom line was Azog didn't look realistic enough to stand next to Conan Stevens in his Bolg prosthetics, and since they can't make Azog with prosthetics, the original Bolg had to go, too.

 

[Njits]

Ouch!

Congratulations, Millenials - you have your own disappointing Prequel Trilogy. Like the work of Lucas, the Hobbit films have lost sight of what made the originals work as they drown in computer graphics. The tactile world of Middle Earth has become a cartoon; there’s a scene in Desolation of Smaug where one dumb looking CGI superorc is talking to another dumb looking CGI superorc in what appears to be either a CGI room or a space so color corrected as to be essentially painted and I wondered why the hell I was even looking at this cartoon. I felt like I could go to Middle Earth when I watched Lord of the Rings; maybe I could plug in a controller and play The Hobbit, but it would likely be the kind of game where I button-mashed my way through the cut scenes because, honestly, who gives a **** about the story? Not the people who made it.

Why are you copying a whole paragraph from the review in a post? xD

But yeah, that guy really didn't like it, I definitely agree on some of his points with the over use of CGI and the over the top action scenes. I liked An Unexpected Journey so I think I'll like this one as well. But it will stay firmly underneath the original trilogy's greatness. Can't wait to see it next weekend.

The comment section in that article also...pfffff, if you like fun don't go in there.

 

[greygoose]

I'm just glad I'm seeing this with my mum & sister. My mum really liked the LOTR trilogy but had no knowledge of the Hobbit story and she enjoyed AUJ the same, if not more than LOTR.

 

[Bucky Underbelly]

I may be in the minority on this one, but I think I prefer the new Bolg design over the previous one. While I would always much prefer to have an actor in makeup rather than a computer graphic, I found the previous Bolg design too visually busy. With all the hair, the beard, the armor, the head clamps ... there was a lot of places for your eyes to get lost. Especially, I'm guessing, once he started moving around. But tis version is much more visually simple and streamlined so they can showcase what I think is his best design detail -- those gruesome head clamps. In my opinion, less is more in this case.

Yes, once animated, Azog is often too cartoony, but I dig the bad-a$$ simplicity of his design. I just wish they could have done him Lurtz-style as a guy in a suit. While in execution, I'm not a huge fan of Azog, I loved his design. For me, the new Bolg is something of an improvement.

 

[agen_kolar]

I may be in the minority on this one, but I think I prefer the new Bolg design over the previous one. While I would always much prefer to have an actor in makeup rather than a computer graphic, I found the previous Bolg design too visually busy. With all the hair, the beard, the armor, the head clamps ... there was a lot of places for your eyes to get lost. Especially, I'm guessing, once he started moving around. But tis version is much more visually simple and streamlined so they can showcase what I think is his best design detail -- those gruesome head clamps. In my opinion, less is more in this case.

Yes, once animated, Azog is often too cartoony, but I dig the bad-a$$ simplicity of his design. I just wish they could have done him Lurtz-style as a guy in a suit. While in execution, I'm not a huge fan of Azog, I loved his design. For me, the new Bolg is something of an improvement.

I can see where you're coming from, but I really liked the original unique design of Bolg. I especially wish they'd included the bloodied beard on the CG model. If they had, I would've been more into the new design. Though, like you, I will always prefer prosthetics to CG, which is my beef with Azog.

 

[The Josh]

I like what we see there of Bolg but I did prefer the old look a little more. As far as Azog I love the look and thought in the movie he looked freaking cool. There's a quick look in one of those tv spots where he looks even better.

 

[The Ween]

Ouch!

Congratulations, Millenials - you have your own disappointing Prequel Trilogy. Like the work of Lucas, the Hobbit films have lost sight of what made the originals work as they drown in computer graphics. The tactile world of Middle Earth has become a cartoon; there’s a scene in Desolation of Smaug where one dumb looking CGI superorc is talking to another dumb looking CGI superorc in what appears to be either a CGI room or a space so color corrected as to be essentially painted and I wondered why the hell I was even looking at this cartoon. I felt like I could go to Middle Earth when I watched Lord of the Rings; maybe I could plug in a controller and play The Hobbit, but it would likely be the kind of game where I button-mashed my way through the cut scenes because, honestly, who gives a **** about the story? Not the people who made it.

An obvious idiot who doesn't know his *** from a hole in the ground.

 

[CelticPredator]

He does. Actually. You just disagree with him for something you haven't seen.

 

[EnShinNoi]

It's a fair review. I think PJ's imagination has gone a little out of control with the improvements of CGI.

A year ago, I noticed two very strong AUJ opinions forming. Those that loved the slow parts but hated the action and those loved the action but hated the slow parts. I think it's safe to say the former will have a harder time enjoying DOS.

 

[jye4ever]

If I could be anything in the afterlife, it would be a Hobbit in the Shire.

As long as I could also have my Xbox One and PS4 attached to an 80" 4K 3D TV though.

 

[The Ween]

He does. Actually. You just disagree with him for something you haven't seen.

When he says this........he doesn't know. He hasn't seen all three and I've seen the first one and liked it. He probably went into this one hating it already.

Congratulations, Millenials - you have your own disappointing Prequel Trilogy. Like the work of Lucas, the Hobbit films have lost sight of what made the originals work as they drown in computer graphics.