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alatar · 12-27-2013, 07:39 PM

We took the extended tribe (almost a dozen children) to see DoS. I agree mostly with what others posted more eloquently above. Some notes:

Hated how they took a 'chance meeting' and made the whole quest a set up by Gandalf.
No mention why the ponies should be returned and not taken into Mirkwood.
Are the Dwarves fighters or fools? One moment, they are taken captive by the spiders; then soon after, fight their way through them (with a little help). Same applies to Smaug...the Worm takes the whole dwarven city, but 13 dwarves (or however many; my head still hurts from the previews) can contrive to boot him out.
Is Bard related to Legolas? They look like brothers.
Saw nothing provocative when Tauriel was healing Kili; then again, I'm old and mostly dead.
Isn't Kingsfoil called 'King's foil' for a reason? Or is it generic healing plant for generic evil weapon wound?
You're going to use heat on a creature that produces heat - hot enough to melt magical rings. Genius.
Thought for sure that the golden statue was going to become a transformer or mech suit.
I'm no economist, but what's with all of the coins/horded treasure? Smaug may have gathered a bit of it together during the ransacking, but wasn't most of the coins already there?
Orcs should slide on steep rooftops, unless they are Moria orcs, which can stick to any surface.
Gandalf is caged by Sauron's minions? Just when I thought that being powned by the Witch King was the ultimate insult.
So when the movie faded to black, my youngest summed it up by saying, "What a ripoff!"

12-27-2013, 07:39 PM	#11
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	We took the extended tribe (almost a dozen children) to see DoS. I agree mostly with what others posted more eloquently above. Some notes: Hated how they took a 'chance meeting' and made the whole quest a set up by Gandalf. No mention why the ponies should be returned and not taken into Mirkwood. Are the Dwarves fighters or fools? One moment, they are taken captive by the spiders; then soon after, fight their way through them (with a little help). Same applies to Smaug...the Worm takes the whole dwarven city, but 13 dwarves (or however many; my head still hurts from the previews) can contrive to boot him out. Is Bard related to Legolas? They look like brothers. Saw nothing provocative when Tauriel was healing Kili; then again, I'm old and mostly dead. Isn't Kingsfoil called 'King's foil' for a reason? Or is it generic healing plant for generic evil weapon wound? You're going to use heat on a creature that produces heat - hot enough to melt magical rings. Genius. Thought for sure that the golden statue was going to become a transformer or mech suit. I'm no economist, but what's with all of the coins/horded treasure? Smaug may have gathered a bit of it together during the ransacking, but wasn't most of the coins already there? Orcs should slide on steep rooftops, unless they are Moria orcs, which can stick to any surface. Gandalf is caged by Sauron's minions? Just when I thought that being powned by the Witch King was the ultimate insult. So when the movie faded to black, my youngest summed it up by saying, "What a ripoff!" __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.