Re: let's talk about the hobbit film trilogy
Well I went to see Battle of the five armies on monday (don't worry I won't be writing any spoilers in this post). To be honest my overwhelming feeling was meh! There was nothing that made me want to punch Jackson for screwing over Tolkien, ---- though Token elf girl's line "I don't want this love!" to which her father responded "but it is real!" did make me laugh for the self referencial nature of it and how much that plot was disliked. Rather like Sam's awsome "mr. frodo, we shouldn't even be here!" at Osgiliath.
The problem however is to be honest the over whelming feeling I got was meh. It felt like the film had been constructed out of a by the numbers formula, heck even the actors (accept for Bilbo and Daine), didn't really feel as if they were caring about the horribly over! emphasized! dialogue!
It had the extended battle sequence, (the very very extended battle sequence), indeed a lot of plots j ust seemed to get quite brief solutions (for how major Sauron is I was amazed how quickly he was dealt with). There was also a definite amount of people turning up just at the right time which almost got a little ludicrous.
It had the dramatic speeches, it had the slow fade out to swimmy music, it had a couple of little jokes. The problem however is that other than the ending, I just didn't feel emotionally engaged with any of the film, it actually felt the most formulaic of the series. There was just something lacking, in the acting, in the story, in the direction, heck even in the music it felt like "just another lotr film" not the event it was supposed to be.
The one thing that I did really! like was Bilbo's return to the shire at the end, which definitely needs to be seen. In general though I can say I'm not exactly disappointed, my overwhelming feelings are pretty flat. Usually after coming out of the lotr films I feel a bit more than I di d coming out of The Hobbit, which I don't like, not with the impact the series has made in the past (good and bad). In that respect it actually reminded me of the finale of the 8th series of new who, --- -very meh.
I'll discuss specific plot and individual scenes later when other people have seen it.
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