Comments on: Tolkien Returns to the Silver Screen http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/01/tolkien-returns-to-the-silver-screen.html Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games Wed, 23 May 2012 20:41:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/01/tolkien-returns-to-the-silver-screen.html/comment-page-1#comment-23244 Dan Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:50:34 +0000 http://suvudu.com/?p=12127#comment-23244 Only two moments in the films actually make me cringe: Gimli in the Paths of the Dead. Blowing away mist spectres and making squick faces as he steps on skulls. Are we watching the three stooges? "You and whose army?" "This army." Nothing says drama like dialogue lifted straight from the Simpsons. Only two moments in the films actually make me cringe:

Gimli in the Paths of the Dead. Blowing away mist spectres and making squick faces as he steps on skulls. Are we watching the three stooges?

“You and whose army?”
“This army.”
Nothing says drama like dialogue lifted straight from the Simpsons.

]]> By: LesserTaveren http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/01/tolkien-returns-to-the-silver-screen.html/comment-page-1#comment-23229 LesserTaveren Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:52:28 +0000 http://suvudu.com/?p=12127#comment-23229 There's no reason the Hobbit needs to be two movies. It's a children's book and isn't very long, plus most of the worldbuilding has already been established by the LotR trilogy. There’s no reason the Hobbit needs to be two movies. It’s a children’s book and isn’t very long, plus most of the worldbuilding has already been established by the LotR trilogy.

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