The Hobbit

My preciousss...

"Reports have emerged that Warner Brothers is to countersue the estate of late Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien for standing in the way of a million-dollar licensing deal with a casino gaming company to produce Hobbit-branded one-armed bandits... Warner suggests that the lack of branded slot machines in casinos and arcades, along with online games, damaged the profitability of the first film in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which debuted in December. The 3D fantasy adventure has so far made $1.01bn (?675m) across the globe and currently stands as the 14th highest-grossing film of all time"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/...tolkien-estate

Muurloen_sl said:

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Somehow when I watched this your avatar synced up perfectly with it and made it that much more awesome.

It is nice movie. I watch watch the movie.

Dandai_sl said:

I enjoyed the movie for what it was, but I don't hold the LotR nearly as sacred as most of you seem to.

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pretty much this

My brother got his blu ray copy on Thursday of last week.. someone must've fucked up royally. Like, it's actually someones job to make sure that doesn't happen right? It was sent by Fedex Smartpost or something from Walmart

Noodleface_sl said:

My brother got his blu ray copy on Thursday of last week.. someone must've fucked up royally. Like, it's actually someones job to make sure that doesn't happen right? It was sent by Fedex Smartpost or something from Walmart

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Usually Fed Ex Smartpost takes twice as long as normal.

Definitely weird.. From saturday

Feien_sl said:

One week to go.

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Can't wait!

Just got around to watching this. I liked it in theory, but it felt flabby. It needed better pacing and less obviously-for-children elements (yes, I realize The Hobbit was aimed at a younger crowd, but kids loved the LotR movies). The Goblin King was especially gratuitous.

Dandai_sl said:

Quickly scrolling past that picture I could've sworn Gandalf was brandishing an AK.

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Now I cannot unsee this

Noodleface_sl said:

Now I cannot unsee this

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HE WIELDS THE FOEHAMMER!

lol, Gandalf IS Osama Binladen

Trailer up for Desolation of Smaug

Dragon looks stupid (at least, his head does). He looks eerily similar to Godzilla from that awful Matthew Broderick movie.

Trailer spoilers way to much of the movie! /sarcasm

Looks good, will have to see the whole dragon- but the head...well it looks like a dragon to me