12-29-2013, 04:53 PM
I was with Jackson until this installment. I can tolerate mild deviations from the source, but this whole installment had almost nothing to do with the book. And for no good reason. The animalistic nobility of Beorn, the hopelessness of Mirkwood, the darkness of the Elf dungeon, the harshness of the barrel ride, all could have made fine storytelling, but Jackson went with some arbitrary changes to get more post-foreshadowing for his LotR trilogy, completely sacrificing the integrity of the original work. An opening cameo? Oh come on. Tauriel the ginger elf? Really? The gold statue attack on Smaug just to show some mediocre special effect? Seriously? It reminded me of Lampoon's Bored of the Rings.
I did not see it in 3D or HFR and I'm glad I didn't drop the extra $ on this. Such a waste.
Even T was laughing at parts that weren't supposed to be funny. She kept going 'What!?!?' with so many of the story tangents.
And the really annoying thing is that I'll still see the third installment when it comes out next year. But I'll be complaining about it. You know I will.
I did not see it in 3D or HFR and I'm glad I didn't drop the extra $ on this. Such a waste.
Even T was laughing at parts that weren't supposed to be funny. She kept going 'What!?!?' with so many of the story tangents.
And the really annoying thing is that I'll still see the third installment when it comes out next year. But I'll be complaining about it. You know I will.
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