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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article <89kuc85b65pk4fgd25tav06obgeq86n9hd@4ax.com>,   
    Paul S. Person  wrote:   
      
   > >> Am I first? I have seen the film and overall I liked it.   
   > >   
   > >I saw it Saturday with the kids, and I also really liked it.   
   > >   
   > >It is not exactly a deep film in any sense of the word -- it's   
   > >hack&slash action-adventure and nothing else. No hidden depths, a lot   
   > >of video-game inspired aesthetics, but nothing exceptional. It is,   
   > >however, thoroughly entertaining -- a bit like a really good roller   
   > >coaster ride.   
   >   
   > Which reminds of something I meant to mention earlier:   
   >   
   > as often happens (the second /Indiana Jones/ movie is a good example   
   > of this occurring in other films), some of the action sequences look a   
   > lot like a trailer for a (roller-coaster based, indeed) theme park   
   > ride   
   >   
   > At least, that is how I interpret Action Sequences that involve   
   > watching people slide down something for what appears to be an   
   > unneccessarily prolonged period of time. Still, they were all done   
   > well and, in the end, no more obnoxious than the extended views of   
   > motors running in Sensurround movies.   
   >   
   > And I would not be surprised to find that they have, indeed, become a   
   > theme park ride at some point in the future.   
      
   This may have been my most disliked part of The Hobbit, when they   
   defied physics for some twenty seconds sliding down a enormous cavern   
   in a two-story wooden walkway without toppling over. Sigh! Also, add a   
   four ton Goblin king on top of 13 dwarves already buried under tons of   
   rubble.   
      
      
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