12/20/2013
Just So You Konw...
One of my friends had been pressing me to go see Desolation of Smaug alone with him, even if both of us had already seen it once. Long story short we went back tonight and it was far more enjoyable, although still just ok. This time I sat directly under the speaker so I was able to hear 90% of the dialogue. And I was able to suppress my frustration at all the contradictions and watch the film as if it was an original story, and view
ed that way the only really annoying thing about it is the extensive use of whirly-gig pans from straight down and straight up. There is also some use of shaky cam during action sequences. It really made me sick trying to see the movie through the messed up camera. I'd like to rescind my claim that the extended version will make it worse, in part because this time I saw some shots that clearly needed more shots in between. Overall if anything stops me from sitting through this film again it will be the camera angle decisions.
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I still haven't seen the movie unfortunately. Something happened with my family, so I most likely will not be able to see DOS until after Christmas.
ReplyDelete-James
Oh, sorry. I was very confused, because you are so consistent about letting the followers know when something is holding up a post, I came to expect something.
DeleteGlad to hear that you enjoyed it a bit more than last time. :) And I still haven't seen it AT ALL! Most annoying! :P
ReplyDeleteWell isn't Boxing Day after Christmas? That would explain why.Sorry I'm sort of teasing you with these posts, But I still haven't actually said what's in it and what isn't, if you are not reading reviews.
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