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The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy went through a number of production difficulties, which I wrote about in my previous Hobbit movie post. To sum it up, it involved late director changes, shooting with an incomplete script, and spreading the original plan … Continue reading
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In my previous Hobbit movie post, I teased that the production behind the Hobbit movie trilogy was a mess. It’s time to discuss exactly how much of a mess that was. Because of the massive success that was the Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, benedict cumberbatch, bilbo baggins, dragon movies, dragons, dwarves, evangeline lilly, fantasy, fantasy movies, fran walsh, gandalf, guilleromo del toro, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken stott, lake-town, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, necromancers, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, phillipa boyens, richard aritage, smaug, tauriel, the hobbit, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, thorin, united artists, wizards
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
My introduction to Lord of the Rings was a multi-step process. I remember reading The Hobbit in school way back in grade 5, and we also watched the animated movie from 1977. I remembered nothing of the book for years, … Continue reading
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Tagged andy serkins, balin, bilbo baggins, dwarves, fantasy, fantasy movies, gandalf, goblins, gollum, hobbit month, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken scott, lord of the rings month, martin freeman, middle earth, movies, new line cinema, peter jackson, radagast, richard aritage, the hobbit, the hobbit: an unexpected journey, the shire, throin, trolls, wizards
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The Mighty Thor 21 review
The previous issue of Mighty Thor mostly focused on Volstagg taking care of kids in the middle of a war situation. It started off as hopeful and optimistic, but turned tragic when the kids were killed. The ending showed Volstagg … Continue reading
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Tagged comic review, comics, dwarves, jane foster, jason aaron, marvel comics, marvel now, Mjölnir, Nidavellir, odinson, the mighty thor, the war thor, thor, valerio schiti, veronica gandini, volstagg
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Disney Animated Movies half-way point – favourites
I’m half-way through my project where I’m watching every main Disney Studios Animated feature film ever, in order of release (28 movies out of 56). After reaching the half-way point, I decided to take a week off before I began … Continue reading
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Tagged alice in wonderland, animated, animated movies, animation, bambi, cinderella, disney, disney movies, dumbo, dwarves, fantasia, Fun and Fancy Free, ichabod crane, jungle book, lady and the tramp, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, movies, mr. toad, oliver and company, one hundred and one dalmatians, peter pan, pinocchio, robin hood, Saludos Amigos, sleeping beauty, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the adventures of ichabod and mr. toad, the aristocats, the black cauldron, the fox and the hound, the great mouse detective, the little mermaid, the many adventures of winnie the pooh, the rescuers, the sword in the stone, The Three Cabelleros, vincent price, walt disney, winnie the pooh
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Disney’s Animated Movies 1 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Like a lot of kids, I grew up on Disney movies. I remember all the big, plastic box VHS tapes for classics like Pinocchio, Snow White and The Rescuers. There’s no way to count how many times I watched Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged animated movies, animation, disney, disney princess, disney studios, dwarves, movies, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, walt disney
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