[MegW7]

Now that the movie is out... Have you seen it? What did you think?

[DarkElfChilde]

lol I was going to make a thread about The Hobbit movie until I saw this.

I haven't seen it yet. This Friday though, I'll be going to see it when I go and get new tires put on my car.

[Haleth]

I've seen it.

It didn't blow me away like Fellowship of the Ring did, but I enjoyed it.

[NeumeIndil]

I went to the Midnight showing and immediately came home and bought the two Dwarf songs: in the States, getting tickets through Fandango gets you a $1 Amazon MP3 credit once the payment goes through. I was stoked, because while it wasn't the 'kids' book we're used to, I enjoyed it. My Other Half called it "perfect" in part b/c he hasn't read the books in over 20 years, and it was enough to make him remember reading the story (and some of the things they changed) while keeping it interesting and 'new'.

I, of course, have quibbles, and dug out my book to go through it again. I just finished reading the scene with the Trolls (Pg. 54) and the differences make sense in terms of writing a screen play, but I'm just enough of a purist that the changes make me twitch a little.

Fili and Kili are yummy, but they're *both* supposed to be blond. Thorin is hawt. Thranduil looks like a girl in his "blink or you'll miss it" scene in the first one. And, was it in the books that the Greenwood elves ride elk? That kinda made me O_0 a little.

[RobinKa]

Haven't seen it yet because in my corner of the world The Hobbit's premiere is on the 28th of Dec. Eh.

[NancyBrooke]

I actually have a theater near playing all the formats; any recommendations? I've heard complaint about HFR ...

I'm hoping to go Thurs. or Fri.

[MegW7]

I watched in 2D, since 3D makes me dizzy. I didn't have any problems.

As for the movie, I thought it as excellent. It lacks the epic tone of LotR, but then, so does the book. I don't want to give out spoilers. I will just say that Radagast was a very big surprise for me, and that, as NeumeIndil points out, Thranduil seemed a bit too feminine for his character, although the coldness and snobbish attitude are there. Didn't like the elk either... I thought... really? I mean, really-really?!

Of course, we're yet to see him in the Battle of the Five Armies !

[Haleth]

The 3D didn't bother me which was a pleasant surprise. District 19 made me horribly motion sick.

The one thing I noticed about the 3D was that I had to keep my eyes focused on the foreground. The foreground was very vivid while the background was a bit blurry. When I looked at the background, it stayed blurry compared to the foreground. I can only compare the effect to needing glasses to correct for distance.

The effect was weird, but not bad enough to make me motion sick and not enough to detract from the movie.

[NeumeIndil]

3-D movies trigger migraines for me, so I went to the 2-D. It helps that it was still $30 for two 'regular' tickets v half again as much for the 3-D. I didn't have any trouble with the extra frames causing illness like some people have said, and I don't see how it could unless you're particularly sensitive visually to flashing light or image changes. I remember thinking it looked like when you get a mental image of something like an old memory, where some details are sharper than possible with the naked eye, while the background is sort of fuzzy/blurred. It's fucking gorgeous.

[NancyBrooke]

Going to sewed it this afternoon! Standard format mostly because that's what's showing when the kid will be with her auntie.

[NancyBrooke]

Ugh 'see'

I'm trying to learn to swype type on my tablet and clearly need more practice.

[NancyBrooke]

Well ... it worked for me! There were certain deviations from the 'plot' (which is to say the story plus appendix material) that I found bit irksome, particularly around '15 birds in 5 fir trees', but overall I enjoyed it very much.

24fps certainly had some motion blur, but not so much as to annoy.

I am definitely going back for a pint of 48fps 3D at the first opportunity!!

[dolarabee]

[RobinKa]

[eiranae]

I saw it in 2D (3D makes me violently ill), and I was disappointed. I wasn't expecting all the unnecessary changes. It felt way too long.