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[skygiants]

I am finally done with finals and so behind on writing up everything! I have a ton of stuff to talk about, but let's start with The Hobbit which I saw last night.



- I cannot wait until some eager film student does a shot-by-shot comparison of these movies and the LOTR trilogy, because man, there is so much of that camera work that was literally identical. I have never seen such a dedicated exercise in cinematic nostalgia!

- I deeply enjoyed enjoyed the ten seconds we got of Thranduil Looking Desperately Bored. Other things I enjoy: the moose vs. elk war about Thranduil's steed in the moose and elk tags on tumblr. Because: OH TUMBLR

- I also enjoyed how Galadriel just could not even be bothered to pretend she was listening to Saruman

- I don't know how to feel about Rock'Em Sock'Em Storm Giants

- or about Stoner Radagast

- but Thorin's constant posing was AMAZING. My favorite was that time that he stood like two feet away and pretended that he wasn't hearing Balin going on and on about how amazing he was, then turned around at the MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT POSSIBLE. But I also enjoyed the time that he went charging off to have an epic one-on-one fight while all of his friends were still hanging from their fingertips off a tree, like, ". . . guys? A little help here?"

- I also really enjoyed how Thorin canonically cannot read a map or do directions. My new headcanon for that film is that while he got lost trying to find Bilbo's he accidentally wandered into Lobelia Sackville-Baggins' house and listened to her ranting for an hour about her jerk cousin Bilbo. Speaking of . . .



So this goes outside the cut because a.) not spoilery and b.) legitimately one of the best ideas I have ever had:

So Lobelia Sackville-Baggins is a confirmed spoon thief, right?

As in . . . confirmed burglar?

All it would take is the dwarves going to a different Baggins door, guys. LOBELIA AND THE TWELVE DWARVES. Everyone needs to get cracking on this AU pronto.

(Lobelia Sackville-Baggins don't play with riddle games, man. She just thwacks Gollum with her umbrella, takes the ring and sashays the hell out.)

Comments

[ceitfianna]

I like how your mind works though I think taking the spoons is from when Bilbo comes back when its thought that he died. So that AU might take a little wiggle room but I'd read it. This was just a fun movie.

[skygiants]

All I'm saying is, she's got the skills, man! THE SKILLS AND THE INITIATIVE. Lobelia needs no wizard to push her into a life of crime!

[applegnat]

Unfortunately she does get caught by Bilbo -- but we can handwave that as a Moment of Weakness.

[skygiants]

If hobbits are the great secret weapon, then the only way to defeat hobbits is with other hobbits! We can't hold that against her.