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Well that was a good movie, but I wasn't expecting it to be bad. Here are some random thoughts:

Martin Freeman looks better with the hobbit wig than he does with short hair. His ears however... well the hobbit ears were not quite working for me. Or the feet - too big.

I love that they did include the Dwarves singing that fun song about what Bilbo hates - I still kinda miss the song in Bree that Frodo did, but I understand why that one was left out while this one could be kept.

Kili is cute (in a "Hey! Gorgeous guy!" sort of way, but as some opinions I saw around have, he a little out of place amongst the rest. I also subscribe to another opinion I have seen around that he is very young - maybe even still in the tag end of adolescence for a Dwarf.

Now the one who really melts my loin into butter (to borrow a quote from Jared Padalecki) is Thorin. I will say however is that I like him better in the current time - the grey streaks make him look great and I was not very impressed with the curly hair in the flashbacks. Plus I prefer straight hair just that bit more.

Balin. The white-haired Dwarf who spoke of how Thorin fought the white orc - is that the same Balin who would later reclaim Moria only to lose it again when the Balrog awakes?

I really liked the discussion scene at Rivendell, with Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Sauruman. Also, I did spot a few fun little hark-backs, or is that hark-forwards? "I never doubted you for a second." and the scene where Bilbo first puts on the ring. Cute little continuity nods to LotR.

Now I want porn. Thorin/Bilbo porn. Somewhere where I saw those comments about Kili's age and such I also saw comments about that as a pairing. Not a bad idea.


Meanwhile on my wishlist of things I don't expect to see: Michael/Dean, with Michael wearing Adam, and bottoming. Just because I damn well wish it existed.

Well.

It's definitely not in the order that the book has. That is not necessarily a bad thing.

Let's face it, the book of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader does not really have any sort of Big Bad to be fought, it's basically a series of minor events. You can't really get away with that in a big adventure movie.

The only movie I got really up tight over the adjustments made from what was in the book was Sphere, but that's because the changes in the movie totally negated the message that was in the book. Narnia has a logical storyline to it that does not negate the basic story with the changes made.

Anyway, I liked it. Also, I found it interesting that the ending credits song was done by Stan Walker, but maybe not surprised, since a fair bit of filming was done a few miles east of here, so them hiring the winner of Australian Idol? About as strange as Adam Labert being hired for the ending credits song of 2012.

Right at this moment, a movie that is considered a comedy classic of the '90s - Muriel's Wedding.

This just highlights a personal preference issue I have, I dislike most comedy.

I don't know, I think the big problem is that I can understand how a lot of comedy situations could be utterly embarrassing for the person going through them, so I can't really sit back and laugh at it because I sympathize with the character.

About the only type of comedy I really like is the dry sarcastic sort - sitcom-style just bugs the hell out of me, and frankly, so does a lot of American comedy, hell, I don't like American stand-up much either, but give me Australian or English stand-up I'll be quite happy.


As it is, I'm coping with the movie by having Evanescence playing on headphones loud enough to block it out.

Oh that they'd put Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on instead, of the two big Abba-featuring movies of the '90s, I prefer that one better.