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12-05-2012, 01:14 AM | #1 |
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The Hobbit: Early Screening
I have a FB friend who lives in LA. She saw a screening of "The Hobbit" and walked out. And she says she was looking forward to it.
I've written her to see just what it was that made her want to go. I'll let you know if she replies. She did make disclaimers - that maybe it's just her, that she likes plenty of movies others don't like and vice versa. But it's still got me a bit apprehensive.
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OMGoodness, I hope it's not just a "throw in some of this and some of that, they liked it before" type of movie!!
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12-05-2012, 09:44 AM | #3 |
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Oooh, foreboding.
Maybe I'll best just take my expectations down a bit. Maybe it was the 3D? I'm having my doubts about that. |
12-05-2012, 12:46 PM | #4 |
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There's rumours on the internets, apparently the frame rate is making people feel sick.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/short...plain-sickness |
12-05-2012, 05:20 PM | #5 |
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What, still?
I thought they'd have that ironed out by now. That was already known a month or two or so ago at the test screening. Note to self, don't eat before the screening. |
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OK - here's our FB message exchange in full. She didn't speak too strongly on her actual post about walking out - but she pulled out all the stops here:
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OTOH - I've tried to check out a few reviews. Some sites give it 4.5 of 5 stars (!!!). On others where it gets a poor review - people post responses that this reassures them the movie will be good, since they usually disagree with the critics.
I did see a couple heartening (for me) comments on reviews: One, that it was 'too detailed'. The other - more or less that it 'began like LOTR, with a flashback to an ancient mythological battle which was not part of Tolkien's account' - by saying this, I assume the reviewer means it's not part of JRRT's "The Hobbit" - though it's likely (hopefully) part of JRRT's historical account (found elsewhere - like LOTR Appendices) which sets the stage for this story.
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Oh - and not knowing a lot about film in general, I learned some things here. The '48 fps' means 48 frames per second. I read that standard is 24 (for some reason, I thought was about 32). I also read that with more frames - maybe this is because the detail just shows through so well - that makeup and props and so forth look less real and more fake.
It's fun to learn.
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So much for the 'hyperrealism' of the 48fps, then. I think I'll go for the 24fps, non-3D then, if I get the choice. Just checked on the cinema website, they will have all three options here. Lucky me. For now it's only viewable in 3D, but I'll probably go somewhere with the family in January so I can wait until it's viewable on 24fps. I can always try the 3D or 48fps later but I'd like our first viewing not to be automatically ruined by nausea or headaches.
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One reviewer said nothing about getting dizzy from it, but he did say that the new sensation took him between five and ten minutes to get used to. After that there was a lot of new beauty, especially in the view of landscapes. For close-ups you would notice the details more - like Gandalf's contact lenses. Perhaps it's better to choose a theatre that shows it in 24 rather than 48 - at least at first, and if you want to watch it again, you can then try the new technique. Quote:
So I guess that the ancient mythological battle is when Smaug drives the Dwarves away from the Erebor and takes the mountain for himself. If so, it shows why the Dwarves want to take it back. Not a bad idea, I would say.
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Do you mean we don't have a choice and we HAVE to see it in 3D? That's AWFUL!!!!! I hate hate HATE 3D! I have some eye issues and it just drives me crazy.
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12-05-2012, 11:52 PM | #12 |
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I hope we don't have to see it in 3D. O_o I really don't care for 3D. It doesn't bother my eyes persay, but I don't care for it.
I can't imagine it'll ONLY be in 3D though. |
12-06-2012, 12:25 AM | #13 |
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I hope not. I even saw someplace that most theaters cannot show the 48 fps, and will show a 24 fps version.
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Oh no! I bought my tickets for IMAX 3D and I feel motion sickness quite easily. I hope I don't regret this! That's my only fear though, I'm excited for the extra details - the more the merrier for me
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12-08-2012, 04:40 PM | #15 |
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It's sitting at 72% so far on Rotten Tomatoes, which suggests critics like it but don't love it. The LOTR films all had scores around the 90% mark.
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12-14-2012, 02:47 AM | #16 |
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my son just txted me and he's seeing the midnight screening! (back east, a few hours ahead of my time). I told him to email me his report
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just got back from the midnight screening. first bad omen is that they had royally mucked up the elvish on the promo posters that were handed out (the title was supposedly in elvish alphabet). I saw it in Imax 3d and think maybe this wasnt the best way to view it... I liked the 3d experience but some of it looked too fake... a mountain crossing scene where the stone looks fake, gandalf's contacts, the cgi orcs... yeah all the orcs in the movie are cgi. The movie is too comical and too much whimsy for my taste... some parts had me silently groaning saying, "really?" (cant remember his name... raganast? the brown). even actors that remain from lotr come off as more warm and less serious, most noticeably elrond but also galadriel etc. even gollum's smeagol face is a little comical to me. I am left wondering where they were trying to take this film, who the target audience is. One cool thing though is they reuse some of the musical themes from lotr but I am almost positive they modified them a little and they are brief. the overall musical theme for the movie seems to be from the song the dwarves sing about the journey before they leave bag end. Also we get to hear a bit of orc speech, with subtitles.
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wow, breathtaking - that's all I have to say.
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12-14-2012, 06:08 AM | #19 |
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i went to the midnight screening, in 2d (i don't see the point of 3d). i did enjoy it, but it was a bit too much like the fellowship movie. it feels a bit silly that they made a fairly short book into a trilogy (feels like they might be doing it just for the money) and a children's book into another lotr - but hey, there were dragons and nice dwarf songs, so why not?
some scenes also felt a bit too much like a video game. that seems to be a trend nowadays - making movies with the thought of making it into a video game later. it doesn't work! the music, as always, was wonderful. people who think it's a silly film might be forgetting that it's based on a children's book? i thought it was a bit dark (although i don't actually mind) and i truly hope the second film won't follow the lotr trilogy and be a really dark movie. that wouldn't suit the hobbit, methinks. but that's just me!
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Maybe we should get a different thread for posts by Mooters who have seen it. Someone that saw it could start the thread with their thoughts on it (but please - no spoilers just yet!).
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