There are some great bits in the first one - some bits did seem superfluous like the mountain battle or whatever it was called and it pretty well jumped the with shark with some of the action stuff in the Goblin Kings cave. It is not LOTR and does not try to be - it is far more lighthearted. The Desolation of Smaulg doesn’t come out here until the day after Christmas - looking forward to it!
I am very much looking forward to it! I started a tradion 12 years ago when my first two Grandchildren were small. We call it Pappaw Day me and the Grandchildren go for pizza and a movie. It started mainly to get the little ones out of the house while baking,cooking and last minute wrapping was done.
Now 12 years later its me and 6 grandchildren ages 7 to 19 and only us. no one else is invited. When the eldest turn 18 someone asked her about if she was still going to join in on Pappaw Day and she said she would always be there. And I added that I hoped a day would come when I would make a exception to the guest list and add my Grandchildren to the fellowship.
PS: I brought all of them black long sleeve tee shirts last year with the White Tree of Gondor on them. We will all be wearing them and I am looking forward to having a picture taken of us all in the lobby almost as much as the movie!
“Bilbo Baggins and the Temple of Doom” just didn’t cut it for me.