The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [Archive]

KingDeeCee

06-11-2013, 06:59 PM

Leoglas is back!

This looks good, asides from the off looking dragon. Hopefully they can make it more realistic by the time release rolls by.

Inaii

06-11-2013, 07:34 PM

Beorn!!! I was worried he was going to be cut from the movie like Tom Bombadil was from Lord of the Rings.

chin3se604

06-11-2013, 08:34 PM

Legolas eyes are sooo blue

Lomac

06-11-2013, 10:21 PM

Oddly enough, I just watched The Hobbit earlier today. Nice to finally see a trailer for the next one.

Leoglas is back!

This looks good, asides from the off looking dragon. Hopefully they can make it more realistic by the time release rolls by.

I'm sure they'll tweak it before it's released. That said, I did notice a couple scenes in the first movie that had some rather subpar CGI (particularly the section where all the dwarfs fall down the side of the cliff while atop the bridge while in the Goblin city).

gars

06-12-2013, 09:36 AM

I was hoping to hear Smaug speak....

Kaolinite

10-01-2013, 06:27 PM

new trailer

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Official Main Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Nlkko

10-01-2013, 08:33 PM

Benedict Cumberbatch just happened.
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SkinnyPupp

10-01-2013, 08:34 PM

First one was meh.. so.. meh

!Yaminashi

10-01-2013, 08:41 PM

ERMEERRGEERRD December 13th cannot come soon enough!

twitchyzero

10-01-2013, 09:41 PM

the desolation of smegma :badpokerface:

CA_FTW

11-12-2013, 07:01 AM

anyone heard of ticket Pre-sales for this yet..

Im checking every day.. want to go to the first showing with a bunch of people.

this is the new trailer as well:
http://youtu.be/lfflhfn1W-o

CA_FTW

11-27-2013, 10:48 AM

Tickets went on sale the other day.

Bought 10 for me and my friends in High Frame rate..
YaY

JDM_03

12-08-2013, 02:49 PM

Is anyone else going to the premiere on thurs at scotiabank theater in van?

SpeedStars

12-08-2013, 04:57 PM

^i'll be there...:fullofwin:

JDM_03

12-08-2013, 06:30 PM

^premeet langara crew :fullofwin:

Valour

12-14-2013, 09:29 PM

6/10 its just a giant trailer for the third film. Smaug appears in the last 15 min.Not a particularly great scene. Some shots seemed weird Blending the live action HD with the CGI is inconsistant. I would not bother making a big deal out of it. Watch it if you must.

nabs

12-14-2013, 10:24 PM

^^^
Spoilers yo! wtf!!! you gave up one of the most important parts of the plotline.

Valour

12-15-2013, 01:07 AM

errr first of all, the books been out for about 50 years, secondly, the Title has Smaug, so one who watches this movie would want to see Smaug for longer than the preview trailers...

CA_FTW

12-17-2013, 11:14 AM

I liked it better then the first one..

but pissed with the cliff hanger ending

strykn

12-17-2013, 02:11 PM

They should have squeezed into 2 movies instead of 3... $$ hungry lol

miss_crayon

12-17-2013, 03:07 PM

GOING TONIGHTZ!! GAHHHDDD!!!! CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELFF!!!!!!

sloansabbith

12-17-2013, 05:12 PM

Thranduil :heartsmile:

saucywoman

12-18-2013, 10:47 AM

errr first of all, the books been out for about 50 years, secondly, the Title has Smaug, so one who watches this movie would want to see Smaug for longer than the preview trailers...

errr first of all, the rules of this forum are all spoilers have to have a spoiler tag. Just because you may have read the books, doesn't mean everyone else has.

double0seven

12-18-2013, 03:09 PM

Was planning to watch normal version, but ended up watching ultra avx in 3D. I generally don't like watching stuff in 3D but I thought it was ok for this movie.

dangonay

12-18-2013, 06:57 PM

Better than first, but high frame rate is still odd. Riding the barrels through the water the underwater shots looked like something I'd see on TV. It was weird. Like splicing film and video clips together.

Read a couple reviews and first one mentioned the exact same thing. So I'm not the only one. 3D was good, though, and seemed to be less "headache inducing" than other 3D shows I've seen.

KingDeeCee

12-18-2013, 07:10 PM

Smaug was so god damn cool. Worth the price of admission by itself.

mind=blown @ the Sauron's eye scene.

palepilsenpin0y

12-20-2013, 04:56 PM

TDoS was even better than the parts depicted in the original novel, IMO! I applaud you, Peter Jackson! The final installment is going to be soooo epic with (*incoming Hobbit novel spoiler*) the

Battle of the Five Armies

Also, I've had this song on repeat since the night I left the cinemas!

I See Fire - Ed Sheeran Lyrics (from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Soundtrack) - YouTube

Chronix

12-21-2013, 02:12 AM

the main orcs cgi were weird and looks really unrealistic.

legolas is a bad ass in this movie. straight owning shit up.

FerrariEnzo

12-21-2013, 03:13 AM

Who here watched it in the DBOX theatre? This sounds interesting but not sure of its worth $23 haha..

trip

12-25-2013, 12:15 AM

the high frame rate felt weird when i was watching the movie. it was like everything was over exaggerated

Traum

12-25-2013, 12:31 AM

I'd say the high frame rate version is a slightly better match in Hobbit 2 (Desolation of Smaug) than it was in Hobbit 1 because it seemed like there are more action scenes in Hobbit2 where the higher fps can benefit from. The high frame rates in Hobbit 1 made a lot of scenery flyovers seem very CG / MMORPG.

I haven't seen the D-Box version for this film yet, but the IMAX 3D was so good that it was worth every single penny.

FerrariEnzo

12-29-2013, 12:51 PM

So I finally watch this the other day... No more DBox seats and Imax sold out.. settled for HFR 3D.. looks a bit unrealistic.. but good movie..

Anyone noticed something
the scene where they entered the room with all the dead dwarfs inside Erbor. If you recall from first part of Lord of the Rings, they also went into the same room but the only thing I noticed that stood out was the Well that was missing.. Merry (I think its him) tipped over the skeleton and into the well... Or is this a different room??

KingDeeCee

12-29-2013, 12:54 PM

So I finally watch this the other day... No more DBox seats and Imax sold out.. settled for HFR 3D.. looks a bit unrealistic.. but good movie..

Anyone noticed something
the scene where they entered the room with all the dead dwarfs inside mountain. If you recall from first part of Lord of the Rings, they also went into the same room but the only thing I noticed that stood out was the Well that was missing.. Merry (I think its him) tipped over the skeleton and into the well... Or is this a different room??

The one in LOTR was the mines of Moria. The one in the hobbit is a random chamber in the lonely mountain/erebor. Different places.

FerrariEnzo

12-29-2013, 01:28 PM

The one in LOTR was the mines of Moria. The one in the hobbit is a random chamber in the lonely mountain/erebor. Different places.
hmm.. looked almost exactly the same.. I guess they just reused that room for the scene...:badpokerface:

Wongtouski

12-29-2013, 04:49 PM

This movie sucks.........doesn't come remotely close to LOTR, I continually find the Dwarfs annoying as hell. For a casual fan that didn't read the book they've milked this way too much to the point where you're just annoyed.

Hondaracer

12-29-2013, 07:03 PM

I enjoyed this movie a lot, supposedly that barrel riding shot was done with gopros?

Smaug parts were all really good
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RevYouUp

12-30-2013, 07:56 AM

Barrel riding scene, why didn't the barrels sink? Haha
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Matlock

12-30-2013, 02:59 PM

Can't decide... Going tonight.
Is 48fps good or bad?

Option 1 - (V.I.P. 19+ in 3D)
Option 2 - (CC/DS)
Option 3 - 3D High Frame Rate UltraAVX

RRxtar

12-30-2013, 10:06 PM

Saw tonite in HFR 3D. Saw Hobbit 1 in regular-vision. I thought the whole thing looked pretty cool with the HFR. I wouldn't want to see every movie done this way, but it worked well for this movie as it creates more of a highly saturated fantasy feel that fits well. The 3D blended in very well too. The first scene with them walking thru Brie made it feel like you were there. But it still had alot of shuttering thru the fast paced action sequences where the action was in the close foreground.

Who wants to bet the barrel in the river thing turns into a ride at a park lol.

Overall, I think the movie was really good and better than the first one. Some parts were a little drawn out and there was one point where it seemed like the action sequence had gone on for too long and it was losing interest.

Matlock

12-31-2013, 06:04 PM

I went to normal 24fps 3d VIP and enjoyed it just fine. I'm not exactly sure if I missed out with the 48fps HFR.

I scoured the internet for reviews and some people claimed that HFR took the magic of film away. Rather than watching a film, making it appear as if you're actually on the set.

Played it safe so the gf didn't get sick as some people claimed to have done. Oh well, VIP is awesome. New liquor laws allow me to have a beer in the theater and no kids.

FerrariEnzo

12-31-2013, 09:09 PM

the HFR version I thought made it look a little fakeish... everything was sooo smooth and seemed faster...

quasi

01-01-2014, 08:37 PM

I went to normal 24fps 3d VIP and enjoyed it just fine. I'm not exactly sure if I missed out with the 48fps HFR.

I scoured the internet for reviews and some people claimed that HFR took the magic of film away. Rather than watching a film, making it appear as if you're actually on the set.

I had something similar happen to me when I switched to a 240hz LED TV. At first all the shows looked fucked up like they were a home movie. I don't notice it anymore but I remember when it was new, I wasn't sure I liked it but I just wasn't used to it. I no longer remember what it was like before.

EndLeSS8

01-01-2014, 09:17 PM

This movie was freaking awesome.

Legolas didn't drop his combo, 500 hits!

lol like Batman Arkham City

radioman

01-01-2014, 09:37 PM

I love the last seen. Bilbo sets it up for next movie and queue music. Sinister smirk from smaug.

"I am fire........... I am DEATH!"

Domani

01-02-2014, 09:35 PM