Critics review 'An Unexpected Journey'

I'll have you know, David, I won't have you speak of WoOz in that fashion!

Petty thats the funniest thing you have said ALL YEAR! I salute you!

thats quite some mental image you leave me with before I turn in for the night, but its hilarious.

Norc wrote:when was lindsy lohan hot?

Back when you were about nine years old.

Petty thats the funniest thing you have said ALL YEAR! I salute you!- Mrs Figg

I will accept your backhanded compliment Mrs Figg! Especially as it the bloody 28th of dec! I trust the image remained with you all night and kept you from your slumber!

Eldorion wrote:

Norc wrote:when was lindsy lohan hot?

Back when you were about nine years old.

So when lindsay lohan was sixteen?

eeeew....

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Petty thats the funniest thing you have said ALL YEAR! I salute you!- Mrs Figg

I will accept your backhanded compliment Mrs Figg! Especially as it the bloody 28th of dec! I trust the image remained with you all night and kept you from your slumber!

Never mind Petty, it can only have been accidental on your part. {{'ring' hee hee hee}}}

I actually DID dream of Petty last night. and then I flew round a pottery warehouse like an Eagle.

I hate to say this but I actually DID dream of Petty last night. I dreamt we had a forumshire reunion- Mrs Figg

I am horrified and require explicit details. What exactly do you mean? RE-union? What happens to Forumshire? Why do we not remain unionated?!!!

well I cant explain dreams, they are as esoteric as Ally. I just know 'Daves carrot' was involved. and it wasnt unpleasant.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougguthrie/2012/12/27/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-leadership-journey/

Well thats a differnt take on things I suppose.
The author of that I ssupect is the sort of peson who came up with the posters that use to hang on the walls in the human battery farm that is our local call centre- pics of rowing teams ect with legends like "pulling together" under them.

I've grown to loathe people who talk about "leadership" too much, especially if they are under the impression that everyone could or should be "leaders".

YUP I agree on both points. I also hate those posters, yuck.

I saw the movie - just got home...

Umm.. I must have mellowed but I liked it better than the first time I saw Fellowship. Which is something to say as I grew to dislike Fellowship more every time I watched it!

So what's it from me? - except for a couple of things that made me squirm - I liked it!

I'm even hoping an Extended Cut will fix the jolty bits... Rivendell was too short and seemed truncated, and the ending was kinda abrupt... but mostly I liked it... Especially the earlier parts with the dwarves at Bag End!

Try heading to the skydrive for the purist cut and see if you like it even more with just the Tolkien in it.

If only I knew how Petty! If only.... You see, no one has ever told me how.... as far as I can remember anyhow....

I still wince when I think of the promse in having Arwen replace Glorfindel and the earliest scenes with her that were such travesties!

Must say, I really liked all the Bag End stuff. Probably too much CGI later, but tolerable - if one holds ones breath and says to oneself: "Breathe! Breathe!"

Why did the dwarves drop their swords only to be put on a spit by the trolls? Up to then I was feeling pretty damn good about the movie! Otherwise the troll scene seemed pretty good.

I even liked Radagast and his rabbits. Yep. I've said it!

And Azog? And the ridiculous Stone Giants scene?- and the computer game goblin town? And everyone can fall a mile or get crushed but not hurt cartoon physics? And Bilbo fighting and killing things?

Yes, there were some things that tried me out...

Please stop... I'm trying to be positive....

Gollum pulling that goblin away by the legs --- and braining him with a rock on his island.. gruesome... gruesomely good I think... And kind of consistent with the book. Gollum suspected he lost it when he throttled that horrid little goblin squeaker... The Ring was handled quite well... consistent with the later movies but still not overdone... Brownie points there surely?

I keep thinking of Gollum devouring that uncooked goblin... eeeeeeeek!