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Old 12-04-2012, 09:29 PM   #1
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Critics are starting to chime in over on Rotten Tomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_...ected_journey/

Currently, the rating is a 75% (out of 100%). Much of what I read as I waded through the reviews is consistent with what I was concerned with all along: taking a linear mock-epic and weighing it down with superfluous subplots like so many carbuncles on the hull of a ship. Jackson (and his cronies at Warner) insisted on dragging this out to three movies in what is either a) a money grab, or b) a descent into megalomania on the part of Jackson and the twits he writes with.
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Old 12-05-2012, 01:46 PM   #2
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Critics are starting to chime in over on Rotten Tomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_...ected_journey/

Currently, the rating is a 75% (out of 100%).
And when I last checked all the fanbrats there were *screeching*. Apparently now, not only is no-one allowed to criticise a film they like, they're not allowed to criticise one they *think* they might like. It's not like the critics are panning it, either, by any means, they're just pointing out flaws in the usual way.
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Old 12-06-2012, 01:45 PM   #3
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And when I last checked all the fanbrats there were *screeching*. Apparently now, not only is no-one allowed to criticise a film they like, they're not allowed to criticise one they *think* they might like. It's not like the critics are panning it, either, by any means, they're just pointing out flaws in the usual way.
A couple of them seemed more of a rant against the faster frame speed, more than the actual film. But the criticisms about the length "You can read book out loud quicker than the time it will take to watch all three films" or Jackson's apparent refusal to understand trimming and editting films are a part of wearing the director pants are undoubtedly spot on.

The consistant favorite seems to be Gollum's appearance and encounter with Bilbo, which is refreshing that the memorable part of the first movie is a great chapter in the books. Those compliments are probably more appropriately given to Serkis and Freeman though.
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