The Hobbit
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Eh, it'll look cool and you can always find a 2-D theater. Glad it's finally getting underway. The one odd thing has always been how the shortest book is getting made into two movies, but I'll leave that aside. If only they can find a way to accommodate Christopher Lee and get Sauruman in the movie.
It's ironic, but at the same time The Hobbit was always much more packed with stuff going on, while The Lord of the Rings was filled with pages and pages describing the scenery.
Bingo.
Does this mean we finally have a Hobbit megathread? 
So don't watch it in 3D. I'm pretty sure Jackson won't have things "jumping out at the camera", so you won't notice. Let those who enjoy good 3D have their fun, eh?
So don't watch it in 3D. I'm pretty sure Jackson won't have things "jumping out at the camera", so you won't notice. Let those who enjoy good 3D have their fun, eh?
I'm certainly not bothered about it being in 3D as it's probably one of those spectacle films that'll probably be worth it. I can't help but wonder though how they're going to get around not being able to doing many of the forced perspective tricks that worked so well in LotR. I imagine those kind of shots would have to be greenscreened.
It'll still be a bloatfest. I don't think Jackson can do anything else.
Does this mean we finally have a Hobbit megathread?
I have a medical condition that prevents me from watching 3-D movies---yes, seriously--so I'm dreading the day when the studios start putting out movies in 3-D only.
If I wasn't confident that Jackson wouldn't make the 3D look good then I would share people's misgivings about it being filmed in 3D. I think in this case and the director in mind it will look great. Very excited about this!
Does this mean we finally have a Hobbit megathread?
You know, you're pretty quick to jump in with the eyerolls. You've done it it to me a few times quite recently and I have no idea why.
And I never said I didn't enjoy 3D, I just don't seeing it adding a great deal to this particular movie.
Does this mean we finally have a Hobbit megathread?
I have a medical condition that prevents me from watching 3-D movies---yes, seriously--so I'm dreading the day when the studios start putting out movies in 3-D only.
Perhaps there's a market for 2-D versions of the glasses that they hand out in the cinema -- with in-phase shutters or identically polarised lenses depending on the technology used. The pictures still going to look dimmer, of course.
I think I read somewhere that Cameron is looking to fix allot of the problems people are having with 3D. Upping the brightness for one and I think also upping the number of frames per second. IIRC there's something about showing 3D film at the standard 24 fps that is what's actually causing people to feel sick, get headaches and/or experience eye strain, not the 3D in and of itself. Don't know if that'll be sorted in time for The Hobbit, or if it can be done after a film has already been shot but I'm sure it'll be sorted by the time he starts shooting Avatar 2.
Murch's argument is a compelling one, and yet: nothing in human evolution prepared us for staring at a fixed object (a movie screen) for hours on end either, and for many people, the nouveau 3D of Avatar did work, and rather well at that.
And I can absolutely sympathize with people wanting the option of 2D screenings at theatres, even in similar proportions to 3D screenings. But why not let those of us who enjoy top-notch 3D have our fun, also?
And I can absolutely sympathize with people wanting the option of 2D screenings at theatres, even in similar proportions to 3D screenings. But why not let those of us who enjoy top-notch 3D have our fun, also?
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