GustyGardens
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Just bought my tickets for Friday @ 7pm; RealD 3D & HFR!
The Desolation of Smaug was enthusiastically received especially compared to the reception of the first installment, An Unexpected Journey, which, while making over a billion dollars worldwide, got a bit of a clobbering by critics and fans alike.
“Last year, there was a lot of focus on the frame rate and the technology drove a lot of the reviews,” Jackson acknowledged. “This time around we made a conscious decision that all the press screenings will be in 24, the premiere at 48. Forty-eight is the best way to see the film, personally. And we’ll see what the audience wants.”
Jackson said he spent a lot of time working on the color grading, trying to tone down the high-definition look.
“I think it wasn’t just the frame rate, it was the high-definition look of the cameras that was contributing factor. So I soften it up this year. And I think we’ve got a look now that feels quite nice.”
Couple of interesting bits fom The Hollywood Reporter article on the premiere.
All press screenings will be in 24fps and Jackson says he has worked on the grading to improve the filmic look of the second movie.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/inside-hobbit-desolation-smaug-premiere-661467
PJ confirming that the press are an inferior, lower-class of moviegoers. Anyway, whatever he's done to alter the look of the picture, I sure hope it doesn't affect the HFR prints at all.
Someday I will track down the movies dubbed in japanese for the lulz.The good impressions will make it hard waiting out for the non-dubbed HFR screenings here.
I think HFR is great, but do think The Hobbit was the wrong film for it. Especially because PJ didn't change up his shooting style one iota for 3D.
The Avatar sequels will be the real match that lights the HFR revolution.
That is bizarre. Its not any longer than your typical suphero blockbuster. Do they have breaks for those too?
The heck with the Avatar sequels, I want every BBC nature doc from now on to be in 48p + 4K. Glorious.
Cant wait after those reviews. It looks like Martin Freeman will really shine Bilbo's role, something that felt sidelined in AUJ which as a result made AUJ feel lacking a strong anchor.
Yeah, that was definitely something that backfired a little in AUJ. Because they really needed to push Thorin to the forefront since his background and lineage plays such an important role compared to the book, Bilbo did feel like he lost some screentime.
Here I found a few more reactions. Still all very positive
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1170358/board/thread/222863420
This has been making the rounds on Tolkien forums today: a bunch of MASSIVELY SPOILERY impressions posted on IMDb's forums by two people who apparently went to the world premiere. No guarantees that it's true, but one of the guys posted a picture of his ticket stub. In any event, we'll find out in a little more than a week.
Reactions from people who go to movie premieres, basically any movie premiere, are almost always overwhelmingly positive. AUJ was the exact same way.
Edmond Dantès;56892776 said:His contact lenses are a lot more prominent this time.
And, half a year later, I reply. I was watching the trilogy with friends last week and I noticed that Legolas' eyes are alternately dark and blue during the films. When Aragorn tells he and Gimli they will hunt the Orcs, his eyes are dark. When they come across Gandalf the White, and he apologises for shooting an arrow at him, his eyes are blue.
In all the images I've seen of him in the new films, his eyes are an even more startling blue than before. Maybe the change in the old films is due to mistakes made and they went with the best scenes shot happened to be when Bloom's makeup staff forgot to apply his contact lenses. The new films, though... they're so blue they're distracting, like really vibrant.
And, half a year later, I reply. I was watching the trilogy with friends last week and I noticed that Legolas' eyes are alternately dark and blue during the films. When Aragorn tells he and Gimli they will hunt the Orcs, his eyes are dark. When they come across Gandalf the White, and he apologises for shooting an arrow at him, his eyes are blue.
In all the images I've seen of him in the new films, his eyes are an even more startling blue than before. Maybe the change in the old films is due to mistakes made and they went with the best scenes shot happened to be when Bloom's makeup staff forgot to apply his contact lenses. The new films, though... they're so blue they're distracting, like really vibrant.
Stop using imdb talkbacks as a source, people.
Reactions from people who go to movie premieres, basically any movie premiere, are almost always overwhelmingly positive. AUJ was the exact same way.
True, but the impressions so far from the press have been postive too.
When is the actual embargo up?
Thanks to EW, here's a short clip from a scene between Legolas and Tauriel:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/03/hobbit-desolation-of-smaug-orlando-bloom-clip/
I'm pleasantly surprised! Bloom is still a bit wooden, but that's consistent with LOTR. Evie fits right in, too!
What exactly are you referencing? LOTR Blu Rays or Hobbit 2? I don't feel like hunting down Dantes' original post...please provide some context next time
Napalm_Frank said:For a brief moment I thought that Edmond had posted
Has Edmond left the forum or something? :/
We don't know. But he is missed.
lol at this (Sorry if repost!)
He'll return one day with an amazing tale to tell and simply say "Well, I'm back"Edmond is in the movie. That's why he isn't here.