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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 17, 2012 - 08:06pm PT
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He kickd ass as Radputin. I didn't even knew who he was then and that performance stuck with me well into getting to be a Dr who fan. I didn't make the connection for a longtime.
He also sole the show as puddleglum in a bbc Narnia incarnation.
And even though their hair is short and white now rather than long and Auburn, he Still looks like Russ the fish!
Edit.; and speaking of Dr who, Sylvester McCoy plays the elusive Radagast?
I am So, gonna see this!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dec 20, 2012 - 01:44am PT
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I just got back from seeing the film and I loved it. Well done! Can't wait for the next chapter.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dec 20, 2012 - 01:50am PT
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^^^^^Jebus H Bomz how was it in 3D? Was it worth the extra $s
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 20, 2012 - 01:58am PT
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Loved the first half of the movie, but I would say you could easily whack a half hour out of the stuff early in the second half that relied too heavily on all the model-making and CGI.
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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Dec 20, 2012 - 05:42am PT
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Those comedians got me good. I walked in there not knowing it was a 3 part movie. After 45 minutes and I was still in the Shire I was all WTF?
My wife was having the same perplexing feeling. She kept saying they sure have a lot to get through the last half hour or so......
I thought it was good. Is it a life changing cinematic event? not even close. I think it's worth it to see New Zealand in hi-def on a large screen. I don't think I'll have an opportunity to travel to that part of the world anytime soon.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dec 20, 2012 - 09:18am PT
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Those mountain scenes were cool. Those be some REAL mountains.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 20, 2012 - 09:20am PT
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And the great looking crags, Wow!
But the Radagast bunny sled get away chase scene was total HollyWierd BS! It never happened and it sucked like Jar Jar Binks.
Goblins in the daylight? No freakn way. Tolerance of sunlight didn't come about till Saruman's hybrid UrakHai. Having them in the Hobbit diminishes the LOTR epics.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Dec 20, 2012 - 09:38am PT
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I enjoyed the movie with my kids in 3D. I think the movie was really good. I already knew it was going to be a trilogy going in.
The scenes of New Zealand are awesome. Every other scene I was seeing great crags and mountians to climb and to launch my paraglider off of. Someday I would like to get to New Zealand.
Good movie.
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Dec 20, 2012 - 09:44am PT
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Philo, I generally agree with you about the "Radagast bunny sled chase", but those boulders made it worth it!!!! Castle Hill, I'm assuming.
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go-B
climber
Hebrews 1:3
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Dec 21, 2012 - 07:09pm PT
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Screwy Hobbits are for kids! My daughter and I just got back from seeing it in IMAX HFR 3D, amazing picture quality for such a giant screen! How was it, ah still precious! More like Jabba the Hutt meets Ewoks than Jar Jar Binks though! One down two to go! Imagine if a cliff started moving on you while climbing it!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Dec 21, 2012 - 09:31pm PT
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Who watched it in 48 frames per second? It really worked for all the monster shots, and it was really really distracting otherwise. But still- an interesting experience from a technical perspective
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 31, 2012 - 01:37am PT
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Totally
Fuking
Kick ass!!!!!!
An inspired bit of genius!!
Arthur Dent made a great Bilbo!
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Dec 31, 2012 - 03:39am PT
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I loved it. Smeagol was awesome!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 31, 2012 - 09:13am PT
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After actually seeing it...loved it!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Dec 31, 2012 - 10:03am PT
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Thought it was good. A little long in some points. And while it didn't bother me, it was a children's book, and I wish there had been a little less violence to make a little more accessible for younger kids.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Dec 31, 2012 - 11:42am PT
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Too long.
Battle scenes WAY over the top.
The actor playing Bilbo is just not good enough.
I'll see the next two on DVD in the comfort of my living room.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 31, 2012 - 11:55am PT
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I thought Arthur Dent did a fantastic Bilbo. The dwarves were awesome particularly in the kitchen clean up scene at Baggend. Gollum and the riddle game was a really great scene. And the scenery was as to be expected stupendous. I agree that it was good to include the White Council as integral to the story. My biggest complaints are with the over use of video game CG, the way over the top action and battle scenes and the imbecilic embellishment of the Rad-aghast character.
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hb81
climber
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Dec 31, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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The actor playing Bilbo is just not good enough.
Huh? He's fantastic in my opinion.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 31, 2012 - 07:09pm PT
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If I didn't have family commitmenents tonight I'd go see it again right now, in a more de-lux format.
For now at least, I Do, like it better than the LOTR movies. I think it's because with the remix of the source material it gives it a different slant and there is more unanticipated, yet familiar material, than the more direct adaptation of the other trilogy. It's almost like getting a new, bonus tale from something I've lived with fairly closely for the last forty odd years.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 31, 2012 - 07:17pm PT
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Re-read the book the other day after seeing the movie and while it's better than no Hobbit movie, I'm still of the opinion you could easily lose a thirty minutes of CGI stuff out of the start of the second half. And I'd be more unhappy with the co-mingling of material if I didn't feel that LOTR was more or less just a longer rewrite of the Hobbit to begin with.
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