 Two cash grabs fight this week to see which one's better the hobbit desolation of smog versus harry potter and the deathly hollows part one The nice thing about both of these franchises is an established cast has already been set up Hobbit desolation of smog has some great carryovers like Gandalf and now Legolas But bill bow Baggins is the one that really stands out. He really shines in this one He's also the only character that's shown a lot of growth since the first hobbit film Punintended mini-veagal mortisons a strong character, too But he's always so pissed off crack a smile once in a while. I know it's tough times, but There's of course a new set of characters introduced into smog one of which is Evangeline lily who plays Tyreel Wow those names all run right off the tongue It's really refreshing especially Lord of the Rings and not see a female character cry all the time I'm looking at you live. Hey little arwin cub. I accidentally taped over the last season of brides illas with the new info on the ring hunt Oh What a shock you're crying it's no wonder your last husband left you Could I just get a word? Can I just Can I Want a divorce my boy Legolas is back in full effect this time around I have to say I love how Peter Jackson has turned Legolas into kind of this badass Skateboarding fighter you may recall him sliding down a shield in the two towers I think he does that a couple times actually Anyway, he's Tony Hawk in these movies now. He 360 spin kills a knife flips He grinds all these manuals reverse cowgirls all sorts of bad guys in this movie Reverse cowgirls. I'm not sure I'm talking about skateboarding anymore. I am I am Potter has had a police Academies amount of time to establish characters. I'm not gonna list the incredible amount of talent We have on the screen from the Academy Award winners just to the kids grown up into the roles I can tell you this though it outshines the hobbits cast any day of the week the film Mainly rests on the shoulders of Harry Hermione and Ron and these actors have mastered their characters at this point But goddamn is every scene Alan Rickman in perfect We have a few CGI characters that need to be mentioned as well Smog the dragon from the Hobbit is an incredible sight to see and he's voiced to perfection by Benedict Cumberpatch But as fantastic as that performance was it's gonna have a hard time going up against Dobby and his final stand in Deathly Hollows part one now. I've been known to let my emotions get the best of me from time to time on movie feuds and Just thinking about Dobby's final breath and Harry's arms on the beach Here they come Here they come I can go on and on about all these great characters and the actors who portrayed them, but Why don't I cash grab this shit too? Span this thing out over two maybe three episodes Yeah, I think I will to be continued Right now. Let's move to story This means bring up story jackass Both these films are basically Bridges to the final installment Jeff bridges if you must once people found out the hobby was gonna be broken up into two films People lost their shit Then later when they found out it was gonna be three films They started eating their own faces Deathly Hollows gets a bit more of a pass here because the book is like three times longer and there is a ton to cover Although there does appear to be a fair amount of walking in this first installment Lord of the Rings level Walking if you come with me a little further on the tour We can see one of my favorite pieces which is a Horcrux. That's Broken open here. We have the bodies of Harry and Hermione Tangled into some sort of a sexual love perverse thing Ron, of course Crying in the corner looking at this now. I've actually come here a good dozen times trying to find out one nip slip, but Alas, I've yet to see Daniel Radcliffe's chest although I do hear he appears naked in another film, so Let's press on okay, let's press on the big reason for the comparison between these two I Think it's obvious neither of them resolve. We're left with a lot of questions We have no real subplots even getting resolved as far as I can recall Without that resolution we're left with two amazing movies that stopped right before the finish line There were some things that worked really well in both stories We have the building of the Necromancer's army the spider escape and of course the big confrontation was smog the dragon We're hunting for Horcruxes which take Harry and company outside of Hogwarts for once We get a great Polyjuice sequence to open things up and we get a very touching dance sequence with Harry and Hermione That was added to the script that wasn't in the book and I know what I ate it up I gobbled that shit up With all that said I'm gonna go with a tie in this department although I'm once again kind of pushing Potter's direction This is a tough one for me smog has a ton of action In fact two-thirds of this movie is all action It also has one of my favorite fight sequences in any of the hobbit slash Lord of the Rings films And that's of course the barrel scene going down the river Legolas hopping all over the place like a frog shooting guys in the head Decapitation and of course I eat decapitation up once again Feed me the time it must have taken for Jackson and Co to orchestrate that scene it I mean it I can't even think about it. I won't think about it Damn you for making me Jerry You're fired get out I No, I don't need you. That's the thing is I that is the thing. I don't need you Here's where it's tough for me because Potter takes the less is more approach Where Jackson has like eight set pieces of fights with spiders and the dragon Lions and tigers and bears Harry Potter is very subdued We have little bursts little chunks of action, but nothing lasts more than a minute or two and that's by design It's more real. It's more intense because you're not seeing it constantly like you are in the hobbit Jackson wants to blow your mind wide open any succeeds the scope of battles are huge The facial animation on a CGI characters are impressive to say the least and the overall tone is one of ah I'm once again staying neutral. There may be a little bit of leaning this way and that I'm not really sure on this one I'm the top from inception Both these franchises have some of the most memorable music in the last decade Hollows uses music in a very drab way hope is all but lost and the orchestra conveys that the hobbit has a little more wiggle room Since there's a range of emotions, but this also leads to some really corny shit like for instance whenever Legolas enters the room or Hops on the side of a hill Jackson feels the need to play that like hero music that uproar Usually it's an accompanied by like a light hitting him in the face from the sky Now some of you guys are gonna accuse me of hitting the butter beer a little too hard and you know That's fair to say, but I'm actually brewing polyjuice potion in the back right now Not not butter beer, but I'm gonna stand by it I think Potter is just a bit better than smog It smog of course has got all the action and everything you want, but I think hollows is just a better film all around Leave your comments below make your voice heard and remember more than just reviews. 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