Talkie Tuesday: The Desolation of Smaug

 

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit ..."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the second part of our own incredible journey through Middle-Earth via the movies that have been released over the years.

 

Was I partly inspired to rewatch these because of how dismally I'm disappointed with Rings of Power?

 

Possibly.

 

In any event, I promised you all six of Peter Jackson's masterpieces, and so here we are with number two of the saga.

 

As you can probably tell, I'm really fond of doing things chronologically if I possibly can, so that's why we're starting with The Hobbit rather than with the trilogy that Jackson made first.

 

So without further ado, let's jump right back into it, and check out what our Dwarves have been up to, in The Desolation of Smaug.

 

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.

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.