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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer

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Mag
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hype


Jun 11 2013 4:36PM
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Bart.Man
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Stoked. Beyond stoked.
Jun 11 2013 4:43PM
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Tanner-D
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I am so happy about this!
Jun 11 2013 4:51PM
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theTRIBE101
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I originally thought they were going to ruin the entire idea of LOTR and The Hobbit but they have come through once again and restored faith.
Jun 11 2013 5:20PM
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Tinga
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much excitement
Jun 11 2013 5:33PM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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So much this.

I was really disappointed watching the first Hobbit movie. I know that the book is not an epic but children's novel. But Jackson could have made it so much more like LotR and less for the younger masses.

This trailer looks more mature, darker. No retarded dish throwing scenes or harrmlessly designed goblin kings that are meant to be funnny.

More violence, more despair, more seriousness. Me likey.
Jun 11 2013 7:19PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Just pooped a little in me pants!
Jun 11 2013 7:23PM
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802Valley
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i second this
Jun 11 2013 7:23PM
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nakedfun
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lord of the rings and the hobbit are my favorite books!!!!!!! sooooo stoked.... since im small my brother calls me hobbit.
Jun 11 2013 7:35PM
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Mag
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Well we both know why that is































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Jun 11 2013 7:40PM
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cbj
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My face
Jun 11 2013 7:41PM
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WPoch
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Well it's about fucking time!!
Jun 11 2013 7:53PM
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Brodo_Swaggins
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I like how it looks to have a grittier style than the previous one. Exited for this one.
Jun 11 2013 7:55PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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stoked
Jun 11 2013 8:04PM
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corona
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new trailer

Oct 1 2013 10:41AM
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maximiliaan
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I hope it isnt a turndown like the first part.
Oct 1 2013 10:48AM
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SFB
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hype hype hype
Oct 1 2013 11:09AM
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Big5hifty
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Oct 1 2013 11:52AM
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whipple
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legolas and kate from lost, this shits gonna be great
Oct 1 2013 11:55AM
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Kid.Kelley
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Sooo stocked for this. First one was sick. Next will be even sicker
Oct 1 2013 1:42PM
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Olimar
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DAMMIT. thats the week I have finals... to go to the midnight showing or not to go....
Oct 1 2013 2:10PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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I don't know, I wish they would have just made it two 2 hour movies rather than 3 almost 3 hour movies, I'm pretty sure that trailer will be better than the film.
Oct 1 2013 2:16PM
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JAHpow
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HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE
Oct 1 2013 2:26PM
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Turkelton
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Yes, A Friday. I now have Dec the 13th planned
Oct 1 2013 2:47PM
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yalebale
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yes yes yes
Oct 2 2013 9:58AM
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DayMan
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Bump for the premiere being tomorrow
Dec 11 2013 8:46PM
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RusselCrowe
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So ready for this, going to midnight premiere tomorrow
Dec 11 2013 8:55PM
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Olimar
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I have to re-read the entire book in like 5 hours... Finals ruin everything.
Dec 11 2013 9:20PM
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KingGeedorah
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I think that the only one part they messed up really bad was the Gollum telling Riddles part. When I read the book that part scared me and had me nervous, but when I watched the movie, I and pretty much the whole theater laughed at it. Also, its great to see Legolas because he's raw as fuck, but I wonder how they're going to put him in here considering the fact that he wasn't in the book at all.
Dec 11 2013 10:34PM
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Tinga
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they're delving into a lot of the appendices of the other books. I don't think they mentioned the necromancer in the hobbit more than a couple sentences if that.
Dec 11 2013 10:52PM
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appa
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i'm going to walk into that theatre with an open mind, real casual, then proceed to get heated as fuck when azog the defiler comes on screen. fuck that plot being in the movies... is the main quest not enough? i haven't read the appendices or most of the silmarillion, but is he in those/what is his role?

hmmm i wonder if it will be feasible for me to re-read the hobbit in a day before seeing part two. i'd like to rehash my depictions of characters and scenes (especially smaug) before having them influenced by the movie.
Dec 11 2013 11:16PM
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SFB
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NOOOOO ELLIE RASTA IS BACK
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Dec 11 2013 11:21PM
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KingGeedorah
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Yeah clearly, considering that Radagast was in the book for maybe a sentence, but I'm interested to see where Gandalf actually was when he left the dwarves. And the whole orcs chasing them is added in there if I remember correctly. But the first one turned out pretty well. Only thing that I think will bug me a little bit about this one is the amount of CGI they use and the Elf Kings eyebrows.
Dec 11 2013 11:25PM
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Olimar
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The stuff that wasnt in the hobbit was taken from Tolkien's other book, The Similarillion. Or atleast thats what ive been told.
Dec 11 2013 11:29PM
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KingGeedorah
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He also has a shit ton of other books that take place in Middle Earth, so they probably are using a lot of them.
Dec 11 2013 11:43PM
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appa
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heheheh... "stocked"
Dec 11 2013 11:47PM
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Benson.
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I'd desolate your smaug, if ya nowhamsayin
Dec 11 2013 11:55PM
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JAHpow
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I read The Silmarillion and it doesn't really cover what Gandalf is doing during The Hobbit. I think it's being taken from Unfinished Tales.
Dec 12 2013 12:03AM
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life_is_hood
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I got beyond hype when I saw this trailer
Dec 12 2013 12:25AM
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Backyard.Skier
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I'm going opening night for sure
Dec 12 2013 12:32AM
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Olimar
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Really? Ive never opened the book (or even seen a copy in person for that matter) but I heard it was mad hard to read. Like the diction and sentence structure and what not.
Dec 12 2013 12:54AM
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JAHpow
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Honestly one of the most beautiful books I've read.

I didn't find it too difficult in terms of sentence structure. The most difficult part is just keeping track of the depth and detail of the stories. Many of the characters go by several different names as well.

All in all, I don't think Tolkien could have explained or illustrated the stories as well as he did if he had written it in a different or "dumbed down" (though I don't really like that term) way
Dec 12 2013 1:07AM
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appa
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i began reading it about a year ago. it read a little like a textbook and the characters have several names as stated above. gonna get gritty and read that and the unfinished tales at some point then go right into a hobbit and lotr re-reading. i shall know all that is middle earth :3
Dec 12 2013 1:25AM
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JAHpow
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And there's like another 4 books on Middle Earth not including those you mentioned.
Dec 12 2013 1:36AM
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Olimar
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Yeah I dont remember if it was the sentence structure or not. I just remember that someone told me it was not an easy read. I may have to give it a go then at some point when i have time.
Dec 12 2013 1:55AM
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JAHpow
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I highly recommend it to any Tolkien/LOTR fan.
Dec 12 2013 2:01AM
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Olimar
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DISCUSS
Dec 13 2013 3:22AM
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krum
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the movie sucked the pressure of about 100 vacuums.
Dec 13 2013 3:27AM
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saskskier
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Saw it tonight. I couldn't get over how weird the high frame rate looked. I don't remember noticing it as much in the last one. Also not a fan of how much the CG looked like it was in a video game, not a movie. Maybe that's just the HFR. Part of what made the LOTR movies so great was the detail in all the costumes and make up. This felt like they just gave up and went straight to CG.
Dec 13 2013 3:31AM
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krum
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i felt the same way, too much focus on CG and special effects and not enough focus on the actual ACTING. the acting in this film was fucking HORRENDOUS!!!
Dec 13 2013 3:36AM
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T-Bell
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Agree with above comments. What I really hated was how everything seemed to be CG. The orcs, scenery, hell even some horses (except for the ones you saw for 3 minutes). In the lotr movies the makeup for the orcs was amazing, the scenery almost looked real and they definitely used real horses the whole time.

It feels like they never put effort into filming these movies. Like they just hammered them out to get it done and make money. But, maybe I'm expecting too much because the lotr movies were so good.
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