Desolation of Smaug reviews

[Voronwë the Faithful]

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.

[Smaug's voice]

Oh, I will like the film no doubt.
I am pretty sure I will like (or love, depends):

Smaug
LakeTown
the Master
Bard
Mirkwood-spiders
perhaps Beorn

[Passdagas the Brown]

It worries me that a number of reviewers seem to like the barrel sequence more than the Smaug stuff...

[Passdagas the Brown]

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.

I adore Jackie Chan. I just don't want the essence of his films anywhere near Middle Earth.

[Dave_LF]

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!

[Passdagas the Brown]

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!

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...

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!"

[Smaug's voice]

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!

Reminded me of this funny video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09yP1KV9Ys

be sure to watch through the credits.

[Smaug's voice]

Positive Review at comingsoon.net with fiinally someone talking more about Smaug than barrels.

www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=112087

[Voronwë the Faithful]

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!

Reminded me of this funny video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09yP1KV9Ys

be sure to watch through the credits.

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.)

[Voronwë the Faithful]

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/

[Voronwë the Faithful]

But a positive one from the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/de ... aug-review

[Voronwë the Faithful]

And another one from Time Out London:

http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the- ... n-of-smaug

[Alatar]

Ok, getting excited now.


BTW: Looks like I may have gotten a last minute reprieve on the Premiere.... fingers crossed!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

And another one from IGN:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/07/ ... aug-review

Al, Yay! Good luck.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Best review yet, from The Wrap:

Peter 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.

http://www.thewrap.com/hobbit-desolatio ... cond-verse

[Voronwë the Faithful]

And one from Hitfix:

http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/r ... n-of-smaug

[Alatar]

Have you seen the Empire Online one?

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/rev ... FID=137814

[Voronwë the Faithful]

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.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

4 out 5 stars from TotalFilm:

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema ... n-of-smaug

[Smaug's voice]

And another one from Time Out London:

http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the- ... n-of-smaug

TO gave it only 1 star or am I missing something?
The review is positive.