So I just arrived home from having endured through that 2h30 hour long ego frenzy, that epic-scaled directors masturbation hysteria, that self-important over-financed, over-written, over-stretched, overdone, overeverything work of self-conceit that is the third instalment of the Hobbit trilogy. In the name of the Valar, I demand my €10 back. I cant even tell whether this was an elaborate prank, in which case it is a masterpiece, or whether Peter Jackson actually intends it to be taken seriously. I would love to elaborate on some specific scene -- giant worms, cart-riding Bard, underwater resurrecting Azog, Legolas riding a bat, Legolas riding a troll (I couldnt help but laughing out loud in this one), Legolas riding thin air as a bridge collapses below him, Legolas in general, every single scene Tauriel shows up in, especially when Legolas or Kili is also present, the videogame-like combat scenes (complete with combos, fatalities, and flashy special effects) the spectacularly poor cinematic decision of having Smaug die *before* the film starts... -- but I dont really know where to start. Jackson manages somehow to make a 2h30 film of continuous fantasy melee, with astonishing visuals, brilliant settings, and talented actors, painfully boring (at best) or unintentionally hilarious (at worst). When the second instalment came out, I said it was like Dungeons & Dragons in Middle-earth. I take it back. Dungeons & Dragons is much better fantasy. And Jackson, well, he has gone full George Lucas.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:08:59 +0000
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