The Hall of Fire

Just saw "Inside Llewyn Davis". Great film. My favorite Coen film so far. And a certain folk singer makes a cameo.

Tomatometer (as of December 16th) Voronwë the Faithful: 87% yovargas: 81% Beutlin: 77% North American Opening Weekend Voronwë the Faithful: $86,000,000 yovargas: $76,000,000 Beutlin: $70,000,000 Total North American Gross Voronwë the Faithful: $320,000,000 yovargas: $295,000,000 Beutlin: $265,000,0...

[Note: I split this off from the main DoS thread - VtF] Place your predictions for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”! Tomatometer (as of December 16th): 77% North American Opening Weekend : $70,000,000 Total North American Gross : $265,000,000 World Wide Gross : $930,000,000 (after Japanese and...

Bard: " Have you forgotten those who died in the fire-storm?" It is just me or does that sentence imply that the people in this crowd knew those who died in Smaug’s attack? In the book more than 140 years have passed since the fall of Dale. Arguably no one in Esgaroth could remember said a...

What did Gandalf say to Thorin in that short trailer at the end of the broadcast? Something like "Unite the armies"? I think it was the TV clip which was shown during the latest "Walking Dead" episode on AMC. (I heard that said teaser contained a new clip of Dwalin smashing somet...

And (Beutlin will probably beat me): Richard Armitage all but confirms that the film ends with the Dwarves battle against Smaug. I do not necessarily think Armitage confirmed it but judging from all the interviews on the black carpet I would say that the chances that Smaug will perish in Film 3 are...

Benedict Cumberbatch sort of frustrated that no one credits him for his motion-capture acting.

Interviewer: "Everyone is coming fast and furious". Bad timing...

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Peter Jackson's daughter Katie is a barmaid in the film. Her father will cameo in the same scene.

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The interviewer speaks of a love-triangle (Kili-Tauriel-Legolas) but Aidan Turner questions Legolas' involvement.

EDIT: This time Voronwë beat me.

PS: The interviewer reveals too much IMO.

Azog will fight Gandalf. The host (who has seen the film) is interviewing Manu Bennett and asked him about fighting with Sir Ian McKellen. So there is fight between Gandalf and Azog. Woohoo!! And here we can see examples of the two different approaches to spoilers. :D In my defense this thread is t...

Azog will fight Gandalf.

Source: Manu Bennett on the red carpet.

In anticipation of Smaug, I would recommend you to check out this video of the dragon “Urgost” from the 2011 video-game “The Lord of the Rings: War in the North”. He talks and at least from the side he bears a certain resemblance to Smaug('s face) (around 5:10): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG0WcQ...

My verdict: A near-perfect film and therefore my favorite Cuarón film (I have also seen Children of Men and Prisoner of Azkaban). A simple, raw storyline incredibly executed. Congratulations to George Clooney and even Sandra Bullock for basically playing themselves while still delivering awe-inspiri...

Generally I would only be concerned about an embargo if it lasts until release date. Embargos that only end on the day of release or one day before are generally used for films that are going to be banned by critics on a very likely basis, for example certain horror films or Tyler Perry films. Most ...

I would contend that there can be no objectivity when it comes to what looks “better”, 24 fps or 48fps, realism or surrealism, because reality itself is what we perceive and what we perceive is highly subjective. That is why people still paint and draw, even though anyone can take a picture these da...

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Beorn's house?

Mirkwood should be darker, and the dwarves are not full of cobwebs.

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