Nicely put. It would have benefited the film immensely if they used the ghosts simply as additional troops that shifted the battle to their favor instead of a deus ex machina that instantly won it for them.
They should have taken the extra 10 minutes to add in discussion of the western Gondor forces that failed to arrive because they were busy battling the Corsairs.
Big brave eagles AFTER the eye of Sauron was defeated. If I were Frodo, I'd have been really angry with them
Any of you saw the trailer yet? I didn't. I am kind of afraid it will spoil some things. On the other hand, the wait is still terribly long. Maybe I should comprise and see it without sound.
I watched it. What is there to spoil? There's a song, and some magnificent costuming, and not much in the way of special effects.
Well this is for me the most anticipated film, for a couple of years already. So anything I might see now and recognize later could be a bit of a spoiler. Though I must admit that a few costumes wouldn't hurt much. And I can already imagine the music as well.
I saw the trailer and I must say I'm terribly excited. Not sure about the look of the dwarves, but everything does seem to be consistent with the look of the later LOTR stuff while still making allowances for the fact that The Hobbit is really a children's book in every sense of that word. Also, Forostar, if you do watch it, be prepared because there are spoilers in there about why the film is going to be as long as it is . Just give yourself the belated Xmas gift and watch it already .
It's only a spoiler if you think it will ruin the movie for you. I don't see how that can be possible. There are some hints...of course, they are making it more than just the book, in some aspects.
And in other aspects, not really. I think it'll be a treat for those of us who have read a bit more extensively than simply LOTR and The Hobbit. And yeah I don't see how the trailer can ruin the movie...if anything it just whets the appetite. Oooo I'm so excited.
I saw it at the cinema yesterday. Impossible to say anything substantial based on it, but... uh, the dwarves looked pretty good.
Ruining is not exactly what will happen. Just think the more something is new, the more I could enjoy it completely. Good to know it only makes people more exciting though.
Just saw it but the scenes with the Dwarves were more like a slapstick. I get a Jar Jar Binks feeling. Were they really that "funny" in the book? No they weren't. Was Gimli like this in the film? Yes he was. Is that why these Dwarves are also portrayed like morons? Probably yes. Nice song though and the landscapes were brilliant. This trailer didn't ruin the film for me. Just a bit worried.
I wouldn't be worried. I didn't see much in the way of slapstick from the dwarves - other than Bombur crushing a seat. And that *was* in the book, and his weight was often used as humour.
Trailers can definitely ruin movies. Too many times they put the best jokes, the most "exciting" scenes and one-liners out of context. This tends to ruin the watching of the actual movie, because by the time you watch it you are sick of the jokes or the point of the movie is skewed. A good example and I don't care about spoilers, because it was a stupid movie anyway, is Good Luck Chuck with Dane Cook. It was portrayed in the previews as Dane falling in love with a clumsy klutz (Jessica Alba). The REAL plot of the movie was that Dane Cook's character was cursed as a child by the goth girl in his class and whoever he dates will find true love AFTER they date him. Jessica's clumsiness becomes useless, pointless and just plain stupid the more the movie goes on. Or how about the last Daniel Craig movie? The one in which he moves into a house with his family and it has a "dark secret."The preview gives away what I consider to be the BIGGEST twist and the whole point of going to watch the movie! Fuck trailers.
Yes, true. A bad trailer is bad for the movie...but those often tend to be bad movies, Onhell. The Hobbit? I think most of us already know what was going to happen there!
I agree with you Onhell in general but in this case I refer to Loosecannon's post: it's The Hobbit and we all pretty much know whats going to happen. The only thing the trailer reveals is what the "look" of the film will be like, and its the only thing it can possibly reveal because...its all already been revealed .