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You would be surprised at the number of people I have worked with and taught, who have watched TVs and movies all of their lives, but still don't know how to frame a shot or even replicate a scene in a cinematic style.

When is the last time you read it? And perhaps a separation of what "children" are is required. Do we say children are 5 to 18? No. Children would be 5 to 12 and then on from there. Would the Hobbit be a good book for a 10 year old / 5th grader? Perhaps. I remember reading it first in 6th...

Consider this... what has more emotional impact... a gangster dropping F-bombs in every other sentence... or say a priest or mother who is a moment of despair lets out the only curse word of their lives?

There is a HUGE misconception that the Hobbit is a story for kids. After picking the book up again this morning to read, it doesn't take long to realize that. Yes, Tolkien wrote it in passive voice with a vocabulary that a third grader can understand, but there are more than a few PG-13 moments...

That whole barrel rolling scene was fun and one of the only things that engaged me. Of course a barrel bouncing that many times would not hold up for the final "spin". Another example of PJ taking things too far and not leaving well enough alone.

Actually it's a sliding scale in most cases with your 20% being the theater cut the first week for a big picture like this and ending up at around 45 - 50% the following weeks. http://themovieblog.com/2007/economics-of-the-movie-theater-where-the-money-goes-and-why-it-costs-us-so-much/ So...

Not to say that the film does not have merit, the acting from Freeman is flawless, Cumberbund or whatever is great as the voice of Smaug. The fight scenes, although completely over the top and with the exception of the final battle, were engaging and fun. Kudos to PJ for having the dwarves...

600 million. 50% of that goes to the theaters. And of course the studio won't release P & A. This movie has NOT made money yet... of course it will... eventually.

Uh... you might want to re-read RED ROBOT's replies if you don't think he's attacking me and not my opinions. As for running out of ammo...seriously? Again, you miss the entire point that I am using this one example to describe the entire nature of this flawed film. And yes, there could be...

Another thing to note... You can only put your characters at deaths door and pull them away so many times before the audience becomes numb to the effect. Consider the keyhole scene... aside from the fact that the book explicitly states "the setting sun with the last light"... PJ decides to...

I think you are missing the point. Remember Raiders of the Lost Ark. Big guy swinging his sword all around and what does Indy do? Pulls out his gun and shoots him. This is precise storytelling that advances the story because the character is staying true to what has been established. We have...

Actually, RED ROBOT, this has zero to do with the book and 100% about a bearable movie. I know a great deal about movies and have giving precise examples of where the story telling fails, where plot holes are exposed and as a whole have given my educated opinion without resorting to calling...

Obviously you are incapable of discussing movies in a mature manner.

The failure to show the fall of Dale in flashback and force feed a romance and a bear man were huge mistakes. And Legolas killed many orcs in this movie with an arrow at very close range. Again, this entire film contains 50% junk. As for the sweeping shots... perhaps he should have used some...

PJ's relentless use of sweeping shots is nauseating... and there is no more accurate way to describe the entire movie than in that simple scene with Legolas. 50% unnecessary. As for this "supposed" desolation of Smaug... why not include more of Dale and it's destruction? At least that would...

The good... a time limit The bad... don't use a last name, don't make her normal, and if you are worried about being cliche, then "life-altering secret" and "world to come crashing down" aren't the way to go. Check this: http://www.writersstore.com/writing-loglines-that-sell/ From that...

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It was a sword. And a guy who has killed 10000 orcs by arrow to confront an enemy on the other side of an alley was stupid and against character and like 50% of the rest of the movie - more to fill space than to advance the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche

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Good points rayw... but I still have to wonder... does the OP have a logline?