The Hobbit and 3D films
I went to see The Hobbit the other day. Must say I was just going to let it pass by but a bunch of friends were going so I tagged along.
Glad I did as it is a jolly fun film. 3 hours is a tad long and you could say it starts a bit slow but I quite enjoyed the pacing. It must definitely had a better end than the LOTR films tended to have.
Now I've never read the book so I can't comment on how much it differs from it, all I can say is enjoyed it.
Where it did fall down was on technical aspects. It had been shot in a very high frame rate which managed to make real things (like the actors) look a bit too real next to the special effects (pretty much everything else). There were bits of it where it looked more like a LARP documentary made by the BBC rather than a big budget film. The sound also suffered at points when the dialogue sounded like it was going on in a TV studio rather than on top of a mountain.
Then we get onto the use of 3D. Now I've not seen a film in 3D since Jaws 3 (which is rubbish) and I've been somewhat reluctant to try it again. First off we were sat too far forward so our sense of perspective was wrong which did make bits of it look a bit fake. Other time the having bits fly by your head was just a bit irritating and distracting. Rather than make it look more real it made it look more fake.
Bits of it worked very well (Rivendale looked amazing) but all in all I could have done without it.
So as a film I'd give it 6 or 7 out of 10. Worth watching but nothing that special.
Glad I did as it is a jolly fun film. 3 hours is a tad long and you could say it starts a bit slow but I quite enjoyed the pacing. It must definitely had a better end than the LOTR films tended to have.
Now I've never read the book so I can't comment on how much it differs from it, all I can say is enjoyed it.
Where it did fall down was on technical aspects. It had been shot in a very high frame rate which managed to make real things (like the actors) look a bit too real next to the special effects (pretty much everything else). There were bits of it where it looked more like a LARP documentary made by the BBC rather than a big budget film. The sound also suffered at points when the dialogue sounded like it was going on in a TV studio rather than on top of a mountain.
Then we get onto the use of 3D. Now I've not seen a film in 3D since Jaws 3 (which is rubbish) and I've been somewhat reluctant to try it again. First off we were sat too far forward so our sense of perspective was wrong which did make bits of it look a bit fake. Other time the having bits fly by your head was just a bit irritating and distracting. Rather than make it look more real it made it look more fake.
Bits of it worked very well (Rivendale looked amazing) but all in all I could have done without it.
So as a film I'd give it 6 or 7 out of 10. Worth watching but nothing that special.