Desolation of Smaug reviews
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I don't. So long as the Bilbo/Smaug interaction is good (and by all accounts it is), I will take a little OTT Jacksonian battle added in for good measure.
I'm pretty sure that I am really going to like this film.
I'm pretty sure that I am really going to like this film.
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I adore Jackie Chan. I just don't want the essence of his films anywhere near Middle Earth.The description is not "of the barrel sequence". It is of one small element of the barrel sequence. And what sounds great about it is that it sound like fun physical comedy, of which I have long been a big fan, from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan.
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I meant the physical comedy in his films, more than the pure stunts. Though nothing in his films seems as ridiculous as a dwarf in a barrel knocking over CGI orcs like bowling pins and then punching his arms through the barrel and fighting...Not least because Jackie Chan is physically fit, while Bombur can barely move...Dave_LF wrote:I don't know; his real-life stunts do seem like the sorts of things an elf should be able to do without breaking a sweat. It's too bad he couldn't have played Legolas!
But you may be on to something re: Legolas. I now have a very vivid images of Jackie Chan saying:
"They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!"
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Reminded me of this funny video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09yP1KV9YsDave_LF wrote:I don't know; his real-life stunts do seem like the sorts of things an elf should be able to do without breaking a sweat. It's too bad he couldn't have played Legolas!
be sure to watch through the credits.
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Positive Review at comingsoon.net with fiinally someone talking more about Smaug than barrels.
www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=112087
www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=112087
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OMG, that was one of the funniest things I have ever seen! (Of course, you would have to be a big Jackie Chan fan to get it.)Smaug's voice wrote:Reminded me of this funny video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09yP1KV9YsDave_LF wrote:I don't know; his real-life stunts do seem like the sorts of things an elf should be able to do without breaking a sweat. It's too bad he couldn't have played Legolas!
be sure to watch through the credits.
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A couple of negative reviews to balance things out (although I think both of them are very poorly written):
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ ... e-20131206
http://screencrush.com/the-hobbit-the-d ... ug-review/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ ... e-20131206
http://screencrush.com/the-hobbit-the-d ... ug-review/
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And another one from IGN:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/07/ ... aug-review
Al, Yay! Good luck.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/07/ ... aug-review
Al, Yay! Good luck.
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Best review yet, from The Wrap:
http://www.thewrap.com/hobbit-desolatio ... cond-versePeter Jackson creates a rousing, immersive sequel that offers the same sort of sweeping action — and more crucially, emotional engagement — that helped the “Rings” films become a cultural phenomenon, regardless whether or not you were familiar with the source material.
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I have. It is undoubtedly the most positive. But I thought the The Wrap was the most encouraging to me. All that last one from Hitfix is very encouraging as well.
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TO gave it only 1 star or am I missing something?Voronwë the Faithful wrote:And another one from Time Out London:
http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the- ... n-of-smaug
The review is positive.