Hobbit Tuesday

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It's Hobbit Tuesday! The day when I go and see The Hobbit. Sadly, the HFR was gone, so I had to see the regular 3D, but the HFR makes the most difference in crowd scenes/when the camera's moving, and this time I was there for the closeups, so that's okay. It'll probably be the last time I see it in the theatre, though, so...moment of silence.

ANYWAY, there have started to be a lot of really good gif sets on tumblr (by which I mean the quality of the gifs is great), or at the very least I am now following a person who reblogs a lot of Hobbit stuff. SO FEELINGS, basically. Which makes the movie interesting, because I'm accustomed to the visuals so I can focus on the background characters and the music.

Which.

I think my two favourite themes are the King Under the Mountain theme (which has always been the dwarf theme, and is a whopping six notes), and the Laketown theme. What really struck me this time, though, is that at the end, Percy plays the King Under the Mountain theme at the memorial, not his own theme song. It's one of those tiny details that makes me happy/sad, and I hope in the EE, if we get shots of the actual funeral and it's not the one I wrote, that that music still brackets it.

(Aside: Percy is a seriously talented dude: fisherman, archer, swordsman, sharp of eye, can play the large horn thingy well enough that it makes more that one sound at the same time...)

Azog, in this movie anyway, is kind of beautiful. Not beautiful, striking? I don't know. He's not gross. They are usually gross. He's beautiful the way that cow at the end of Season Two of TRUE BLOOD is. I'm not sure how else to describe it.

I'm going to have to keep watching the Jerk From Laketown scenes because they are also all of Bard's character growth scenes, and I HATE THAT THIS WAS THE STORYTELLING THEY CHOSE. UGH.

(I was thinking: he had to take that dress from a dead person, probably. And he didn't just take the dress! He also took the underthings! I HATE HIM SO MUCH.)

I would like to know where all the fanfic about the bro-ship that never was between Thorin and Legolas is hanging out. I like that in the movie that never ever talk about it. It's just character development (for Legolas), and we move on. BUT HOLY CRAP, CAN YOU IMAGINE HIM TELLING GIMLI ABOUT IT? Or Bilbo, for that matter, because someone had to tell him what was happening while he was unconscious.

WAIT: THAT'S WHY THE BATTLE IS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE BILBO WAS UNCONSCIOUS. AND THEN HE HAD A HEAD INJURY! THAT IS WHY IT'S GOT ALL THOSE WEIRD SPOTS! HE'S RECONSTRUCTING IT FROM HIS OWN MESSED UP MEMORIES, AND ALSO OTHER PEOPLE'S MESSED UP MEMORIES.

I still want a fic, though.

(Also, the scene where you can see Bilbo turn from Took to Baggins are OUTSTANDING, but I think my favourite from him might be the SHOCK after Fili dies. Until he picks up stones to fight, he's totally out of it, much like Pippin at "they called us out to fight", and it's REALLY. GOOD.)

Where was I?

I am never going to be over Fili. Ever. It just HURTS. SO. MUCH.

I know I freak out a lot about Richard Armitage's face, but the way he had Thorin slide in and out of the deep end was a.m.a.z.i.n.g., and I will never be over it. The bit where he tells Dwalin to get out, for example? TOTALLY SANE, but he knows he's turning, and then he does and UGH. He did such a good job.

(Also, can we talk about how Dwalin basically shadows him afterwards, presumably to make sure he doesn't do anything to hurt himself or something? And then they MUST kiss and make up before the scene with Kili, because Dwalin's already onside. And then on Ravenhill, Thorin is going to protect Bilbo while Dwalin gets Fili and Kili, but then after Fili dies (AAAAAAAAAAH!), Thorin MUST tell him to go back and protect Bilbo instead, and that was probably the last conversation they had why was I given emotions?)

Bard's little smile when Bilbo admits to stealing the keys from Thranduil's guards warms my heart, as does the way Thranduil ABSOLUTELY AVOIDS touching the Arkenstone (which, fwiw, Bilbo and Bard are like, carrying around in their pockets along with acorns and the Ring of Power and GOD KNOWS what else, because they do not care. They just want a garden/house for their kids and I LOVE THEM SO MUCH).

I will admit to having no clue if Tauriel went back to Mirkwood or not. Like, obviously I stand by my own fic, which I still feel is reasonable, but I think an argument could be made that she DID go back, and EVERYONE WAS JUST REALLY SAD ALL THE TIME, until it came time to go kick the doors in at Dol Guldur again.

The hobbits at the end are all so freaking perfect.

IT IS OVER, though. Like, we still have the EE (and the Sarah Rees Brennan recap) to look forward to, but...

I wouldn't change my own experience for anything.

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much like Pippin at "they called us out to fight"

Ooooooh, Yes!

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And then he snaps out of it to help Dwalin, much like Pippin snapped out of it to help Gandalf.

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I will admit to having no clue if Tauriel went back to Mirkwood or not. Like, obviously I stand by my own fic, which I still feel is reasonable, but I think an argument could be made that she DID go back, and EVERYONE WAS JUST REALLY SAD ALL THE TIME, until it came time to go kick the doors in at Dol Guldur again.

i don't think she'll go back. Two reasons 1) Legolas didn't go back because supposedly he's out scouting for a young Ranger so i do not think she'll go back either since he was the only one seemingly to stick up for her, isn't he? And what would she go back to if she so obviously loved a dwarf in which her race had strained relations with? and 2) I think her relationship with Thranduil will be strained and it won't be the same because she defied the king, didn't she? Therefore, i think she'll an elf on exile or something... or will become a Ranger? haha :P

I really liked Dwalin and Thorin moments as well adn i do wonder about the last conversation that Thorin and Dwalin had -- was it to tell Fili and Kili to return at Ravenhill knowing that it's a trap?

I know I freak out a lot about Richard Armitage's face, but the way he had Thorin slide in and out of the deep end was a.m.a.z.i.n.g., and I will never be over it. The bit where he tells Dwalin to get out, for example? TOTALLY SANE, but he knows he's turning, and then he does and UGH. He did such a good job.
I love that man. I love Armitage soooo much as Thorin, he makes me want to rewatch only for his scenes in BotFA.

I really like Percy as well.... really want EE to show the funerals!!!

I have been following tumblr too-- what is your tumblr name? I love the GIFs there... they're so beautiful! :) :) feeelsss!!!!

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I don't REALLY think that Tauriel will go back (I wrote her going to Harad, actually), but I do think that she and Thranduil made their peace over it. She understands what he was trying to protect her from, and he understands that, really, he couldn't. I think she could do with some alone time, though, to mourn both the loss of Kili, and the loss of their potential (which, lbw, was pretty vast emotionally AND politically!).

Well, the last conversation we actually SEE between Thorin and Dwalin, is Thorin telling him to go and get Fili and Kili (they are all on Ravenehill, and I think at that point the only person who doesn't know it's a trap is Kili), but then once Fili dies, Thorin goes after Kili, and Dwalin follows him, except he comes BACK to rescue Bilbo, and I like to imagine that Thorin said something to him, because otherwise I can't see him leaving Thorin's side.

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I am writing a fic, slowly. And there'll be both Legolas & Fili and Legolas & Thorin friendship. Poke me to make me write faster, I think. :P

I might go once or twice more, but damn, what you said. *sniffles*

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I just have SO MANY FEELINGS. Still! It's wonderful.

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love your enthusiasm, it makes me squee!