From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net   
      
   On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:40:05 in article  Paul S. Person  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:04:45 -0500, Rast  wrote:   
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   >>I lost 5 IQ points just reading that.  I won't be seeing it.   
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   > It's up to you, but some have found /TH2/ better than /TH1/.   
      
   I'm planning on seeing it, though from the descriptions I've read I   
   expect to be heavily disappointed at multiple points (as I was with all   
   PJ's Tolkien films so far).   
      
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   > Who knows, you may find watching Tauriel well worth the actions of   
   > Smaug.   
      
   Not me.  I don't much care for "Action Sequences" in general, and those   
   involving women least of all.  Galadriel was my favorite female character   
   in LOTR (both the books and the films) largely because her primary role   
   was to serve as a calm, dignified voice of reason and wisdom.  I enjoyed   
   watching her and listening to her talk, and had no interest in seeing   
   her pick up a sword.   
      
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   > And, anyway, what really happens? The movie comes to its end and Smaug   
   > flies off to Laketown, just as the script requires. So, what's the   
   > problem? The filmmakers have consistently shown a preference for   
   > Action Sequences over plot and characterization; why expect something   
   > they clearly aren't capable of understanding, never mind providing,   
   > such as a coherent plot?   
      
   I'm not expecting anything better, but I do expect to be mourning its   
   absence afterward.   
      
   --   
   F. Wayne Brown    
      
   Þæs ofereode, ðisses swa mæg.  ("That passed away, this also can.")   
      from "Deor," in the Exeter Book (folios 100r-100v)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)