The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

fobers95 said:
I had thought every showing was in 48fps, now I am curious to see what it looks like.
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The 48fps is definitely worth seeing, if nothing else to just get an idea of what PJ and many others think the future of 3D looks like.

I didn't care for it myself for cinematic production, but the "debate" about the aesthetic of HFR is fascinating in how many filmmakers like the higher frame rate and how others despise it, but how there seems to be a consensus about it working some places and not others.

As for 3D, I actually just watched Avatar in 2D on Blu-ray and actually found it more enjoyable that I remember it being in the theater in 3D (quite a while ago though, so maybe this is just wishful thinking). It actually felt more cinematic to me in 1080p 2D and I felt like I was able to see the whole frame and absorb the image pleasantly and naturally. I wonder if 3D strains more information into the frame by creating the depth and dictating how you see it, leading to a unpleasant experience that almost imperceptably subtle? Albeit cool to see in 3D.

Or is it just that each eye doesn't completely eliminate the other eye's perspective with those glasses and so there is a weird lingering "something" that just seems off with 3D?

3D and HFR are cool technologies, but I think 2D 2K production is just as strong now as it ever was to deliver cinematic productions.

It is interesting that The Hobbit was finished in 2K. Perhaps one of the best funded big budget pictures, and it was distributed in 2K, even in 2D. Something to think about when people talk about 4K til they're red in the face. (zing!)
 
I wonder if there is anywhere in Ohio where I can see it 48fps. Avatar is a lot better in 2D, but I did like in 3D.
 
fobers95 said:
I wonder if there is anywhere in Ohio where I can see it 48fps. Avatar is a lot better in 2D, but I did like in 3D.
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CineMark at 4720 Mega Street NW, North Canton, OH 44720 has the HFR 3D version, but only at a few screening times. So you'd have to go to cinemark.com and look it up and make sure that you chose an HFR screening.
 
I just watched Fellowship of the ring on Blu-ray......Film & 24fps/2d will do me just fine, the color from the film stock is just amazing. It also had more detail in the image than majority of 4k stuff I've seen.
 
I liked the Hobbit very much, I agree it's a little bloated with a thin storyline. It seemed like Peter Jackson played a lot of Gauntlet Legends when he shot the stuff with the goblins.
 
The (apparent) video game influence on recent films is disturbing to me. I watched the first part of "Total Recall" (2012) last night, and kept thinking it looked like it was written and/or directed by a gamer. Lots of basically mindless eye candy and action, with precious little attention to the development of a story thread (so far). The kind of thing that can be fine in a video game, where it's basically eye-candy-coated target practice. Quite unsatisfying in a movie though, IMO...

I think we're at a bit of a threshold where visuals/FX are increasingly, seriously, overwhelming story in cinema. The Hobbit is anything but an exception. Very troubling to me...
 
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Got the 3D blu-ray today and I have to say that standard frame rate 3D helps the believability enormously. Too bad 3D is on the wane again now that I have a projector at home that does a kickass job. (active glasses)
 
I've watched all 3 of TLotR many times and will watch them again. I can't say the same thing about The Hobbit...once was plenty.
 
My kids (5, 8, 10) loved it, all three hours of belching dwarves bouncing around like little hairy pinballs and all. The PG13 rating can only be for violence, but I've seen olde-timey Looney Toons that were worse. The difference in the two trilogies (so far) is akin to the difference in the books - LotR is dramatic and heavy, Hobbit is shallower but far more whimsical.
 
mcbob said:
My kids (5, 8, 10) loved it, all three hours of belching dwarves bouncing around like little hairy pinballs and all. The PG13 rating can only be for violence, but I've seen olde-timey Looney Toons that were worse. The difference in the two trilogies (so far) is akin to the difference in the books - LotR is dramatic and heavy, Hobbit is shallower but far more whimsical.
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Kids those ages loved where George Lucas took Star Wars too...
 
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