Talkie Tuesday: The Battle of the Five Armies EXTENDED EDITION

Hello everyone!

Movie blog time again, after I pretty much had to wrestle my internet connection into submission. The thing suddenly decided to go all wonky on me even though it had a perfectly good signal to work on! 

Typical.

As I promised in my last Saturday blog post, today (or tonight, I should say, given that it's pitch black outside while I'm typing this) it's going to be ALL about the Hobbit.

Again.

I'm sorry about that.

But I'm definitely a hardcore Tolkien fan, and I've been pretty much itching to see the extended edition of the Battle of the Five Armies since the theatrical edition was released to cinemas! Why? Well, because the EEs usually have much better scene connections, and explanations.

Saturday Snippet: Lazy Day

Hello everyone!

Today was a sort of lazy day for me because I really, truly didn't do anything much. The most I can say I've done is read a little bit of Agatha Christie, spent time with my family, and this afternoon I watched the Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition.

An actual blog post on this is coming Tuesday though, so keep your eyes peeled for that one!

To keep it simple and sweet though: some of my faith in Peter Jackson has been restored with this one.

Have a good weekend!

xx

*video not mine

Saturday Snippet: Snow!

Hello everyone!

So okay, okay, I was going to post something else today again - but it started snowing here and my plans got derailed!

I don't necessarily love snow in the sense that I'm crazy about it; in fact, I'm sure the second I have to drive somewhere in the snow, I'll be as unhappy as I can possibly be. But the first snowfall of the year is ALWAYS something magical, no matter what!

Aside 1: I've been translating so much this past week I think my brain is constantly hardwired to two languages, so sorry if I seem ... disjointed? Is that a good use for the word?

Aside 2: Our stores here may already have The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition. If this is actually true, I think Christmas just came early for me.

xx

*image not mine

Talkie Tuesday: The Desolation of Smaug EXTENDED EDITION

Hello everyone!

So I'm back with another Hobbit review, and I realized I never actually put up the one I wrote right after seeing the second movie way back when, with a group of girl friends. We sort of made it an evening out and I have to say, just for the record, with as much hype as there was surrounding this particular event, and the trailers looking absolutely awesome, I was thoroughly and completely disappointed with the finished result. 

Not only did it have so many unbelievable scenes as to make it almost entirely a different story from the original book, but certain things made me wan to tear my hair out from the roots, and then burn it while dancing around singing Kumbaya.

I'm fairly sure that a lot of people enjoyed the movies, but I also know, for a fact, the book fans were as disappointed as I was, maybe even more. You know how people always say the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy was the biggest mistake George Lucas ever made? Well, the Hobbit movies are Peter Jackson's, if you ask me. Still, as I'm a bit of a Tolkien freak, I couldn't resist buying the extended edition for the additional material it has on the DVDs, and I just recently watched the movie through.

Talkie Tuesday: An Unexpected Journey EXTENDED EDITION

Hello everyone!

So I'm a Tolkien fan. As in, big time Tolkien fan. My cousin introduced me to the Lord of the Rings books about ... wow, it must already be fifteen years now! Gosh, time flies. Anyway, yes, she introduced me to it, and there have been a lot of interesting LOTR versus Harry Potter discussions in our family since then.

When the news spread that they were making movies from the book, I was beyond thrilled. By that point, my hardcore obsession was starting (like, covering my whole four walls in LOTR posters obsession), and since I was a teenager, there were crushes too (just not Orlando Bloom, sorry). 

And then the news hit that they would be making The Hobbit into a movie, too!

As anyone who has followed updates on this, you'll know that the development process went from one movie, to two, and then to three, making the thing a trilogy. Now, I disagree with the length of it - despite some fantastic sequences, I might add - but generally speaking it really could have been done in much less time. Still, I enjoyed the first one, and after a very kind friend of mine gifted me with the extended version, I couldn't wait to watch it.