The Hobbit
- Thread starter Feien
- Start date
-
Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Juvarisx
Florida
- 3,888
- 4,089
I saw it in IMAX3D HFR, I didn't know you could do HFR without the IMAX
BLOG @ IMAX: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug will be shown in High Frame Rate 3D in select IMAX® Theatres
BLOG @ IMAX: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug will be shown in High Frame Rate 3D in select IMAX® Theatres
Hatorade
A nice asshole.
- 8,451
- 7,201
Yeah check it out.Edwards Houston Marq'E Stadium 23 IMAX Showtimes and Ticketsthey have both IMAX 3D non HFR or real 3D HFR.
Juvarisx
Florida
- 3,888
- 4,089
I've always found IMAX3D way better then Real 3D, so that is what I would choose but make sure its the real IMAX and not that fake shit. Personally I am not completely sold on HFR yet, least in a movie like this. Gravity could have benefited from it but when a fantasy movie it isn't really required.
I thought the movie was fun and the pacing much faster than the first. I really enjoyed it.
The Dwarf-Elf romance thing was a bit over the top, but added an interesting dynamic.
I dislike the 'Legolas Super Hero/Jedi Knight' portion, but I didn't really like that in the LOTR ones either.
The spider scenes were awesome, and I liked the Beorn Bear ones.
Smaug just fucking owned. What a great job the special effects people did there, and his scenes under the mountain were great fun.
One question I had was what was with the withering of Thranduil's face? I know in the lore he was portrayed as a greedy bastard, but that part had me puzzled
I dislike the 'Legolas Super Hero/Jedi Knight' portion, but I didn't really like that in the LOTR ones either.
The spider scenes were awesome, and I liked the Beorn Bear ones.
Smaug just fucking owned. What a great job the special effects people did there, and his scenes under the mountain were great fun.
One question I had was what was with the withering of Thranduil's face? I know in the lore he was portrayed as a greedy bastard, but that part had me puzzled
Hatorade
A nice asshole.
- 8,451
- 7,201
I agree but Real 3D has it in HFR, I guess I had to break this down for you because you are Canadian eh? ZING!
Edit to your edit: Ok yeah it is true IMAX like 70 ft screen two projectors etc. Ok cool going to IMAX version.
Definitely enjoyed the film. Saw the HFR. Some of the indoor scenes did have a soap opera type feel to it but the action and heavy special effects scenes looked great.
His face didn't wither, he revealed reveal the scarring and wounds he received during the battle with Smaug when he sieged the dwarven city, whatever it's called. I guess it is implied in the movie that he has some sort of illusion cast over his face to hide the scars.
Saw it in plain old 2D normal frame rate or whatever. Really liked it...could have sat there another 3 hours if they wanted to keep going after Smaug was loose.
Tauriel and Kili more or less falling in love with each other after a 2 minute conversation about a rock isexactlythe kind of shit I was expecting to happen with the introduction of a movie-only female elf character. The Bombur barrel scene and Gloin showing his "wee lad, Gimli" to Legolas were fucking great, though. I'm glad they have several comic relief dwarves because Thorin and the other serious ones need to turn down the angst some. The first scenes in Bard's house...seriously, wash the sand out of your man parts. Not sure why they wrote so much crying into the dwarves, but I was starting to get real tired of their shit.
Tauriel and Kili more or less falling in love with each other after a 2 minute conversation about a rock isexactlythe kind of shit I was expecting to happen with the introduction of a movie-only female elf character. The Bombur barrel scene and Gloin showing his "wee lad, Gimli" to Legolas were fucking great, though. I'm glad they have several comic relief dwarves because Thorin and the other serious ones need to turn down the angst some. The first scenes in Bard's house...seriously, wash the sand out of your man parts. Not sure why they wrote so much crying into the dwarves, but I was starting to get real tired of their shit.
Saw it in normal 2D non HFR - really liked it.
Only part I thought the CGI looked like ass was the river fighting scene - a lot of the time it looked like the actors were literally floating over the river, wasn't organic at all.
Only part I thought the CGI looked like ass was the river fighting scene - a lot of the time it looked like the actors were literally floating over the river, wasn't organic at all.
So let me get this straight. You didn't like it because the dragon scenes were so good they made the rest of the movie bad? You know who you are really mad at? Yourself for falling for stupid gimmicks.
I was really pleased with Gandalf's part of the film.
I also really really like his face-off with Sauron at Dol Goldur. I think it really helped to show how powerful and personally terrifying Sauron is, which you don't get to see in LotR where he is mainly the malevolent force behind all the baddies.