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Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Movie Review

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December 15, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QJxtlGU69I

Title:

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”

The Story:

Bilbo, Thorin, Gandalf, and the rest of the gang of dwarfs continue on their journey to make it to the Lonely Mountain before Durin’s Day, or the Dwarfish New Year, because “the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the keyhole”, meaning that the last “light” of that day will reveal another way into the Lonely Mountain without disturbing the dragon Smaug, who currently resides there.  This ends with one heck of a cliffhanger and more questions then answers.  Thanks, Peter Jackson.

Likes:

The kinda-ish Kili/Tauriel romance thing going on.  It’s adorable and cute.

Tauriel.  She was not an original character of Tolkien’s Hobbit, but she is an extraordinary addition and helps balance out the leading men to leading women ratio, with Lady Galadriel in only one scene and Arwen not even in the Hobbit series.    She is an extremely Tolkien character and a true Woodland elf.

The detail in sets and the everyday life of everyone else in Middle-Earth:  Because The Hobbit isn’t about a war dealing with all of Middle-Earth and just one race (mainly) and one kingdom, you get a chance to see how men and elves and dwarfs  live; a little more insight into their everyday lives and rituals and more history of Middle-Earth.

Dislikes:

The cliffhanger.  Oh my word, the cliffhanger.  This movie answers no questions, and only resolves the how-to-get-to-the-Lonely-Mountain story arc.  It leaves everything else open and unresolved, as well as introduce new arcs.  I can’t wait for the next movie.

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“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1”: A Movie Review

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November 21, 2010 @ 2:30 PM

The Story

This is Harry’s last year at Hogwarts and Prof. Dumbledore has passed away.  In Dumbledore’s will, the professor sends Harry off on a mission to destroy all the Horcruxes, pieces of Voldemort’s soul. Snape becomes  head master of Hogwarts when Dumbledore dies.  Snape is also a Death Eater, a follower of Lord Voldemort.  Voldemort believes  Muggles (non-magic folk), half-bloods and other non-Wizards should all be killed, so the “pure bloods” should dominate the world.

PLOT SPOILER: By the end of the movie, Harry has destroyed the second Horcrux (the first one was destroyed in the “Chamber of Secrets”).

Like

I liked how they made the movie more interesting than the book.  I also liked how they portrayed the Death Eaters and the fact that Dudley, Harry’s mean cousin, gets a whole lot nicer.

Dislike

Hermione, Ron and Harry aren’t cute little kids anymore and they’re kissing… eewww! 🙁

I didn’t like that Dumbledore was replaced by Snape as headmaster of Hogwarts.  I also didn’t like how just being near a Horcrux can effect people and make them evil.  Some of the special effects were a little bit cheesy, for example, when one of the old ladies turns into a giant snake, it was very cheesy.  Also part of the story, the part about the Elder Wand and the Horcruxes, remind me too much of “The Lord of the Rings”.