Hobbit thots

[christopher575]

The Hobbit was definitely cool. It didn't seem long, though they could have trimmed up the part where they talk a lot at the beginning. It was warm in the theater and I'd been up since 3:50am, so I nodded off a couple of times during that. Otherwise, it was a wild ride of a movie and a lot of fun.

I have mixed feelings about the super-crisp 48 frames per second/3D combo. Stuff that crisp always looks a little too "live" to me, like it's on the news. Especially when someone moves quickly. It's just not very cinematic.

However! That makes the special effects seem more real since everything looks live and more real. So it's a trade-off.

The 3D looked great. I especially liked when it was raining and drops would fall between the viewer and the subject.

Why didn't the birds drop them off closer to the mountain? Dicks.

Comments

[entropic-system.livejournal.com]

Because eagles are dicks. This is a fact.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19263_the-6-most-disturbingly-evil-birds.html

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Eagles are the dolphins of the sky.

[entropic-system.livejournal.com]

It's science.

[wvacritter.livejournal.com]

I kind of wondered about that myself. My guess is that with a dragon living near buy that there is a limit how close they will go.

[myrrhmade.livejournal.com]

Why didn't the birds drop them off closer to the mountain? Dicks.
Because they had better things to do than taxi around some hapless lugnuts, namely, stealing toddlers.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022027331

[wring.livejournal.com]

birds ARE dicks! i saw it on imax 3d so i don't know if the frames-per-whatevs make a difference. very beautifully made tho.

[exiledfromtribe.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe that we haven't seen this yet! I do hope that it doesn't make me nauseous though. As for the eagles, it's humans that are dicks. The eagles wouldn't go near human settlements as folks tried to shoot them down w/ arrows. Granted, maybe the humans had reason to do this from past events-toddler stealing perhaps.

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

wow, they must be real assholes.

We saw the non-42 IMAX-3D version

[cattycritic.livejournal.com]

I thought the battle between the storm giants was jaw-droppingly exciting and intense. I think from a CGI standpoint that was my favorite part.