The, um, Expected Movie in 3D
Dec. 23rd, 2012 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](/%20https://www.npmjs.com/package/ocr-https-www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strangerSaw The Hobbit finally today, now that I'm on vacation. Friends opted for the 3D version, and I was curious and wanted to see it myself. The thing is, LotR used three-dimensional space in action so much that I'd have thought it would make a good example of 3D, if it had had the technology. The very similarly adventury-action Hobbit on film should for the same reasons be better in 3D than otherwise.
And yet, the 3D impact was intermittent at best. The mountainous landscapes, bridges and towers and flying creatures and all, were just kinda there, but 3D didn't make a lot of difference for most things. There was some fuzziness in the fast action scenes that didn't seem necessary. I really want to see it in 2D now, instead.
Meanwhile, the Intro was slow but worth it, the Unexpected Party was as excruciating as it is in the book, the Dwarves' singing is (understandably) much more vivid than it is on the page, and Bilbo's journey from reluctant to willing burglar gives the first film of three some shape of its own. Still, the series has started with the action turned up to 11 -- will it go to 15 or calm down for a quieter, but perhaps suspenseful, movie number 2, with river journeys and searching for the door on the Lonely Mountain?
And yet, the 3D impact was intermittent at best. The mountainous landscapes, bridges and towers and flying creatures and all, were just kinda there, but 3D didn't make a lot of difference for most things. There was some fuzziness in the fast action scenes that didn't seem necessary. I really want to see it in 2D now, instead.
Meanwhile, the Intro was slow but worth it, the Unexpected Party was as excruciating as it is in the book, the Dwarves' singing is (understandably) much more vivid than it is on the page, and Bilbo's journey from reluctant to willing burglar gives the first film of three some shape of its own. Still, the series has started with the action turned up to 11 -- will it go to 15 or calm down for a quieter, but perhaps suspenseful, movie number 2, with river journeys and searching for the door on the Lonely Mountain?
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Date: 2012-12-24 10:19 pm (UTC)I would really like for the action to calm down in the next movie rather than being turned up to 15, but I'm not sure if that's a reasonable hope! Still, I'm curious to see how they'll shape the next part of the story.