A bunch of my friends were less than pleased when I declined the chance to go and cited all the mediocre reviews. "You know the mainstream press doesn't like genre! Why are you listening to them?"
That's when I pointed out that reviewer for Aintitcoolnews, a site that has supported Peter Jackson's Tolkien films for something like fifteen years, gave it a lousy review, and so did a film critic near Boston whose work as an SF reviewer got him nominated for a Hugo. It is NOT just the mainstream press that is pointing out that this movie is way too long.
I'm waiting until Christmas, and using a couple of free passes I got for donating blood. No way am I spending actual money on this.
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Date: 2012-12-15 12:28 pm (UTC)That's when I pointed out that reviewer for Aintitcoolnews, a site that has supported Peter Jackson's Tolkien films for something like fifteen years, gave it a lousy review, and so did a film critic near Boston whose work as an SF reviewer got him nominated for a Hugo. It is NOT just the mainstream press that is pointing out that this movie is way too long.
I'm waiting until Christmas, and using a couple of free passes I got for donating blood. No way am I spending actual money on this.