Saw "The Hobbit"

Dec. 21st, 2012 08:53 pm
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Brilliant movie, it was like coming home after a decade, especially seeing as I went to see it with my brother who forced me to read the books back in the day.

I saw the "Lord of the Rings" back in the day and loved them too.

Though unlike LotR, the Hobbit was like watching a Viking mash-up of the book of Exodus and the Seder Hadaga (as I mentioned on tumblr), the Jewish metaphor was strong.

I'll be seeing it again in a few weeks.

I highly recommend it.

Yeah, I know, usually I have more to say about this sort of thing, but I feel like a proper review will have to wait for next year, because then I'll see how it ends.
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Date: 2012-12-21 07:08 pm (UTC)
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Waiting for the whole thing will be until SUmmer 2014 -- Jackson took it to three, with the original two release dates being December 2012, December 2013, then, I THINK, would have to check, a June or July 2014 release....

Date: 2012-12-21 07:11 pm (UTC)
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Bofur! You icon is Bofur :D I liked him (but I like James Nesbit, so).

I'm not feeling particularly fannish about it, but it was a really good movie. I was was on the edge of my seat many times.

Date: 2012-12-21 07:29 pm (UTC)
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I am totally deep deep deep into fandom, and BOFUR! (AND BILBO!)

Erm, yes. They are apparently my OTP.

Date: 2012-12-21 07:10 pm (UTC)
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The Hobbit was like watching a Viking mash-up of the book of Exodus and the Seder Hadaga (as I mentioned on tumblr), the Jewish metaphor was strong.

Oh, yes, and in Tolkien's view as well.


http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-227196960.html

(not full article--let me know if you want and cannot access for free otherwise).

Date: 2012-12-21 07:12 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, I was aware of the Jewish connection before hand, but I felt they really sunk their teeth into it in this, what with wondering the wilderness, the fact that they are a wondering people, don't belong anywhere, will "never forgive and never forget"... all that.

Date: 2012-12-21 07:30 pm (UTC)
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They did: I think the film shows is more than the (original) novel (Tolkien expanded on the material later on in SILM).

The linguist who worked on the Dwarvish language also apparently drew inspiration from that tradition as well:

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/12/13/hobbit-william-kircher-speaks-dwarvish-talks-bifurs-injury/#/0
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V and Justice

V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.

Justice: Good evening, V.

V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...

Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.

V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."

V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.

Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!

V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!

V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.

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*KABOOM!*

-"V for Vendetta"

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