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I've seen mostly positive reviews coming in. There was one on slashfilm that praised everything about the film, then the reviewer said he didn't like the pacing, and it ended up with a 6.5/10. Not sure how that works out, but it's the only "bad" review I've seen so far.
For me it has always been pronounced this way, "Smaúg". I had no idea some people said "Smog", for me it makes no sense.
pauper
slaughter
haughty
naughty
caught
taught
daughter
That accent sign ´ means that this U should be pronounced as a pure U. As a rule of thumb when dealing with Tolkien's languages every vowel is to be pronounced in a tonic way, except Hobbit names which are similar to English. What does that mean?
A's should be pronounced as in father /a/
E's should be pronounced as in bet /ɛ/
I's should be pronounced as in feet /i/
O's should be as in raw /ɒ/
U's should be as in foot /u/
Therefore the au in Smaug should sound like ou in ouch, /ɑʊ/
I am actually interested in correct pronunciation, but I never feel like taking the time away from the story I am reading to stop and go look up pronunciation.
EDIT: This one is actually better: http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/diphthongs.html Now I hope we can move on to another subject.
I hope that was discernible as a joke ;-).
No need for shame @Sandy, phonetics rock!
@doubleogo, WITHOUT spoiling anything, how was the cliffhanger? I hear it's amazing.
EDIT: It appears the film grossed $8.8 million at midnight:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=112482
The more i think about Desolation, the more sceptical i feel. I have to re-watch it soon!
Mate, the ending was epic, the whole film was just superb.
What do people make of the decision of making three films now, having seen two?
http://www.slashfilm.com/heres-where-peter-jackson-would-have-split-the-hobbit-had-it-been-two-movies/
Nice to see movies where teh money spend can be seen on the big screen.
And Evangeline is even more sexy with those lovely ears. :\"> :x
For me the visuals, the pacing of the story and the content of the movie make it easily the movie I enjoyed best this year. Jackson still knows how the make a big spectacle movie and I am curious how the 3rd one will be.
The movie did contain some nice referals to LOTR, and Legolas & Tauriel actionscenes were easily close to brilliant.
But yes, a very, very good movie. There's so many things I would like to say about i, but unfortunately, I couldn't do it without revealing some major spoiler. Anyway, I enjoyed it very much.
BTW : Evangeline Lilly as the next Bond Girl. Who's with me ?