I'm easily amused today

[oloriel]

... because this really amused me to no end.



Now, of course, I will spoil the fun and point out that the OP actually has a point. Even if they've read the book, I think we're all aware that the movies (movieS!) are (are going to be) slightly to wildly different. And even if they weren't, having read the book still doesn't prepare you for the visuals, because whatever you imagine in your head will not necessarily look much (or even one bit) like PJ's version.
So "don't spoil me" for the first movie to a book that's been in print in England for 75 years isn't nearly as stupid as they're making it sound.

The replies are still funny, though, aside from the "You haven't read the book" smartass who just might be missing the point.

Me, I'm not going to see the Hobbit for a couple of days (possibly weeks) either, due to lack of available babysitters. But I'm not avoiding spoilers. In fact, I'm diving into LJ friends' spoilery film reviews head first, because reading their squees and gripes is almost as good as discussing a movie you've just seen with the friends with whom you went to see it. Except I haven't seen it. Never mind. I probably won't be able to see it with much company, looking at how difficult it is these days to find a day and place that fits everyone. So reading on LJ shall be my surrogate!
(I am currently re-reading the book for the first time in a decade. I may regret that later. Or maybe I won't. I was surprised to discover, for instance, that this Azog dude is totally mentioned in the text! I had forgotten him if I ever noticed him at all. Also absurdly excited that the German edition of the Annotated Hobbit (shut up, I won it fair and square, so I might as well read it before Felix has torn all the pages out) contains (of course) translated material from the HoME which has hitherto not been translated into German. This is good because clearly, more German people are going to read the Annotated Hobbit in German than they're going to read the HoME in English? I SAY SO ANYWAY.

Also, the "food in fantasy" rant/ramble is now more imminent than ever, but not today. Now I must make food for ourselves. I've rambled enough for the moment!

Comments

[sermanya.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I remember sitting in RotK, 2 teenage girls next to us, totally absolutely 250% Legolas fangirls. And us - whispering to each other, just loud enough for them to hear it - mentioning the tragedy of Legolas, who was going to die later on in the movie, trampled by one of those Oliphaunts...
Ah, that was fun :)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Evil, evil you! ;)

[meril.livejournal.com]

I saw it (in 2D) and it was better than I had been expecting from all the notes from friends who don't know anything about Tolkien or the previous movies (that should have been my tipoff.)

The fact I didn't post about the movie because I didn't feel like answering comments from people who don't like it when I squee about "problematic" works of fiction is also a tipoff....

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's bitter. Can you at least do your squeeing offline?

[meril.livejournal.com]

I can't, except to my mom--I took her to the movie for her birthday.

I now realize I should have fired 75% of my flist 3 or 4 years ago. (No, not you.)