There is a scene where a bridge collapses under Legolas and he falls but somehow runs up a row of falling stones to make it back to solid ground and it felt like some gravity defying Naruto shit or some such
There is a scene where a bridge collapses under Legolas and he falls but somehow runs up a row of falling stones to make it back to solid ground and it felt like some gravity defying Naruto shit or some such
It's easily the stupidest thing in all six movies.
Stupider than trying to kill Smaug with molten gold.
Even stupider than the barrel dwarf blitz.
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There is a scene where a bridge collapses under Legolas and he falls but somehow runs up a row of falling stones to make it back to solid ground and it felt like some gravity defying Naruto shit or some such
It's easily the spirit thing in all six movies.
Stupider than trying to kill Smaug with moltan gold.
Even stupider than the barrel dwarf blitz.
Well they forgot to move "Is Melt" over to "Smaug" first.
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There is an underlying idea in the Hobbit movies of making the fight scenes more fantastical, which i think isn't even a bad choice
But i cannot stress enough how bad most (And not all i would say) of the stuff in those movie's fight scenes looks on a basic level that often gets miss-attributed as it being corny or cartoony, when it's something kind of more hard to pin down i think
Legolas stepping up those stairs by all rights shouldn't be that much wilder than him sliding down an elephant's trunk, but something about the execution is just off
There is a scene where a bridge collapses under Legolas and he falls but somehow runs up a row of falling stones to make it back to solid ground and it felt like some gravity defying Naruto shit or some such
It's easily the stupidest thing in all six movies.
Stupider than trying to kill Smaug with molten gold.
Even stupider than the barrel dwarf blitz.
"Looks cool" is way more important than "is physically possible" especially when it's already a fuckin' fantasy story beyond being a movie. Running up stuff as you fall is cool and good.
Now the execution of it was bad because the execution of many things in that movie are bad, but the idea is solid
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masterofmetroidHave you ever looked at a worldand seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered Userregular
There is a scene where a bridge collapses under Legolas and he falls but somehow runs up a row of falling stones to make it back to solid ground and it felt like some gravity defying Naruto shit or some such
It's easily the stupidest thing in all six movies.
Stupider than trying to kill Smaug with molten gold.
Even stupider than the barrel dwarf blitz.
"Looks cool" is way more important than "is physically possible" especially when it's already a fuckin' fantasy story beyond being a movie. Running up stuff as you fall is cool and good.
Now the execution of it was bad because the execution of many things in that movie are bad, but the idea is solid
It's why, comparatively, the stuff in Lord of the Rings is good
It looks like it works, so you buy it, so it just gets to be cool
I still want someone to edit down the three hobbit movies into one tight 3 hours max movie.
The only stipulation is that all the songs must stay.
My roommate did this and I believe it came in around 5 hours.
Someone around here did one...I think it's 4 or 4.5?
There was one i saw that was around 4...the guy also put the gandalf side-story into its own short hour-ish movie. The 4 hour hobbit cut was pretty good. Cut out the elf-dwarf relationship altogether, cut out alot of terrible stuff.
Me, in 2014: Oh god, Microsoft just bought Minecraft. I'm super worried about a game that is seen by millions of impressionable minds being handled by a huge corporation with a vested interest in pushing their game platform.
Me, five years later: I'm so fucking happy Minecraft is no longer in the hands of a crazy, transphobic alt-right asshole. Thanks Microsoft!
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People bagged on the go-pro bit—myself included—but if more of the movie had that sort of ramshackle production feel (as opposed to “jank cgi”) it would only work in the movies favor
I spent the entirety of that punch up with my head in my hands and sighing in disbelief
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
after watching episode 7 of the doc, “the incredible sadness of roman grosjean,” I’m deep in it for haas
Me, in 2014: Oh god, Microsoft just bought Minecraft. I'm super worried about a game that is seen by millions of impressionable minds being handled by a huge corporation with a vested interest in pushing their game platform.
Me, five years later: I'm so fucking happy Minecraft is no longer in the hands of a crazy, transphobic alt-right asshole. Thanks Microsoft!
Me, in 2014: Oh god, Microsoft just bought Minecraft. I'm super worried about a game that is seen by millions of impressionable minds being handled by a huge corporation with a vested interest in pushing their game platform.
Me, five years later: I'm so fucking happy Minecraft is no longer in the hands of a crazy, transphobic alt-right asshole. Thanks Microsoft!
Sad he got all that money though.
he seems like the sort of person that money makes extremely miserable, at least
I adored riddles in the dark and the Bilbo/Smaug scenes.
The CGI elsewhere may have fallen short, but the CGI of Smaug trying to find bilbo is exceptional in my memory.
Martin Freeman is a perfect Bilbo, and Andy Serkis and Benedict Cumberbatch were also great in their roles. I may not like a bunch of Cumberbatch's roles, but I really respect the lengths he went to to portray Smaug as well as he did.
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I don't think Austin is necessarily smarter, but he has a breadth of knowledge and an understanding of that knowledge that eclipses probably most of the crew. I wish he was still around full time. I would love to see a full time dynamic with him and Abby.
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It's easily the stupidest thing in all six movies.
Stupider than trying to kill Smaug with molten gold.
Even stupider than the barrel dwarf blitz.
Well they forgot to move "Is Melt" over to "Smaug" first.
Bilbo Is You
But i cannot stress enough how bad most (And not all i would say) of the stuff in those movie's fight scenes looks on a basic level that often gets miss-attributed as it being corny or cartoony, when it's something kind of more hard to pin down i think
Legolas stepping up those stairs by all rights shouldn't be that much wilder than him sliding down an elephant's trunk, but something about the execution is just off
"Looks cool" is way more important than "is physically possible" especially when it's already a fuckin' fantasy story beyond being a movie. Running up stuff as you fall is cool and good.
Now the execution of it was bad because the execution of many things in that movie are bad, but the idea is solid
Really sucks out those lingering bits of good will and whimsy for me
It's why, comparatively, the stuff in Lord of the Rings is good
It looks like it works, so you buy it, so it just gets to be cool
Also get it if an apology doesn't do it, but she's at least aware
There was one i saw that was around 4...the guy also put the gandalf side-story into its own short hour-ish movie. The 4 hour hobbit cut was pretty good. Cut out the elf-dwarf relationship altogether, cut out alot of terrible stuff.
Me, five years later: I'm so fucking happy Minecraft is no longer in the hands of a crazy, transphobic alt-right asshole. Thanks Microsoft!
People bagged on the go-pro bit—myself included—but if more of the movie had that sort of ramshackle production feel (as opposed to “jank cgi”) it would only work in the movies favor
It's so unbelievably good
Wow later levels of Baba is you get real crazy, huh?
Sad he got all that money though.
he seems like the sort of person that money makes extremely miserable, at least
The CGI elsewhere may have fallen short, but the CGI of Smaug trying to find bilbo is exceptional in my memory.
Martin Freeman is a perfect Bilbo, and Andy Serkis and Benedict Cumberbatch were also great in their roles. I may not like a bunch of Cumberbatch's roles, but I really respect the lengths he went to to portray Smaug as well as he did.
I too volunteer myself to be a second trial
don't try to talk me out of it, I've made up my mind. i'm willing to make this sacrifice for science
That might be the most heated I’ve heard the Bombcast get in a while.
That and this one
The movies came out almost 20 years ago
Edit: my bad, i just want to do the oh god we old thing
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
I'm talking about the third Hobbit film specifically, which was 5 years ago, and looks way worse than anything from 2001
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