The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Um, look above your post.
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Outstanding interview. Smaug truly deserves a show on his own
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Oops! My apologies. In any event, an unprecedented television event deserves two posts! Or three!
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No worries. It is great fun, isn't it? (Even more than President Obama taking over The Word, although that was great, too.)
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I don't think this has been posted here yet:

http://www.ew.com/ew/static/longform/hobbit/desktop/
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That was fun to watch. :) But it did make me wonder - was any of the movie shot in a real place? :scratch:
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There certainly was some stuff shot in the Dale, Erebor, and Shire/Bag End sets, off the top of my head.
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Do you mean like the Dale and Erebor sets were built in real locations, ie. not inside a studio?
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Dale, yes, and the Shire. Erebor and Bag End are studio sets, inside (of course).
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One of my favorite reactions to the movie: "Oh, now a Scottish dwarf is riding a [...] pig bc this movie is just Leaders Riding Inappropriate Mammals."

There's more at @Nicole_Cliffe twitter, but be warned, she really did not like the movie
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Both the "How it should have ended" and "Honest Trailer" vids for The Battle of the Five Armies (or should I say, "The Bloating of the Five Pages" =:) ) came out today...don't forget to watch right to the end, including post-credits!



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OMG, I've never watched "How it should have ended" before, that was amaaazing! :rofl: :rofl:

"What was his last name?" :rofl: :rofl: And the Leggy credits!! :bow: :bow: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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I loved the "btw, who does have my Arkenstone?" :D
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New precious!!!!11 :rotfl:
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Those are so good. Though my all-time favorite line is from the AUJ "How it should have ended":

Bilbo: "I'm sorry, did you say scrotum beard?"
Gandalf: "Scrotum beard!"
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Interesting interview with RA, particularly with regard to his comments about Tauriel.
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Elentári wrote:Both the "How it should have ended" and "Honest Trailer" vids for The Battle of the Five Armies (or should I say, "The Bloating of the Five Pages" =:) ) came out today...don't forget to watch right to the end, including post-credits!
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