The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[Commando]

I think the complaint, and I am sure others actually know what they are talking about, is that the very high number of frames, makes the film too clean or realistic, too HD, and that doesn't work well for movies, especially all CG ones. Good for football, bad for hobbits.

Exactly what I was thinking. I hate when movies on blu-ray lose that cinematic sheen and look like a daytime soap opera because of the high definition.

[Jacob]

You can change the setting at home ya know. I only discovered this recently myself as it was driving me crazy.

Yes, I know. I've had to do it on my parents' TV and others.

[MarkGrace]

Exactly what I was thinking. I hate when movies on blu-ray lose that cinematic sheen and look like a daytime soap opera because of the high definition.

And that's exactly what people have said this look like. I read an article where the writer said he had been on sets that in real-life didn't look as much likes sets as they appear in The Hobbit.

May just take some adjustment, but the initial reaction was not positive.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I hope this is nothing like the "smooth" picture that many of the new TV's come pre-set with. That looks awful.

That's exactly the problem. It's also the reason why I never bought into the 120Hz/240HZ nonsense, it looks terrible when you "clean up the picture." I think it takes away from the viewer's depth perception of the picture.

[Indy Coug]

That's exactly the problem. It's also the reason why I never bought into the 120Hz/240HZ nonsense, it looks terrible when you "clean up the picture." I think it takes away from the viewer's depth perception of the picture.

Can you easily change the settings so a 120Hz HDTV only shows at 60Hz?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Can you easily change the settings so a 120Hz HDTV only shows at 60Hz?

I don't know, I don't have 120HZ TV. The last TV I bought was at Thanksgiving 2008 and 120HZ was still a somewhat expensive feature. I made the conscious decision to save a few hundred dollars and buy something I thought looked better anyway. Supposedly 120HZ TVs are marginally better with sports viewing, but it gets to the point of diminishing returns with HD. SD to HD -- HUGE, 60Hz vs. 120 Hz -- not a big deal.

[TripletDaddy]

Gandalf and Watson on the new cover of EW.



And some new Hobbity pictures that look very consistent with the LOTR movies

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,2048...608420,00.html

[Commando]

FWIW, I really enjoyed the Hobbit trailer that came before Brave. I can already tell this is a homerun.

[TripletDaddy]

FWIW, I really enjoyed the Hobbit trailer that came before Brave. I can already tell this is a homerun.

We didn't get a Hobbit trailer before Brave!

[kimchicoug]

We didn't get a Hobbit trailer before Brave!

This trailer doesn't count? [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k3kHtyoqc"]THE HOBBIT Trailer HD - YouTube[/nomedia]

I'm so incredibly excited for this movie. It should be awesome. By the way, they were having a sale on the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lord-Rings-Fellowship-Extended/dp/B0026L7H20/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341333929&sr=8-1&keywords=lord+of+the+rings+blu+ray+extended+edit ion"]Amazon.com: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King Extended Editions) [Blu-ray]: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Peter Jackson: Movies & TV@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516cftBcvzL.@@AMEPARAM@@516cftBcvzL[/ame] the other day on amazon. We bought it for $40 dollars.

[Clark Addison]

FWIW, I really enjoyed the Hobbit trailer that came before Brave. I can already tell this is a homerun.

I got the Hobbit trailer when we went to Brave and I will agree that it looks good, and very consistent with the LOTR movies. The difference between the Hobbit and LOTR books does not seem to show up in the movies, if the trailer is an indication.

[dabrockster]

We didn't get a Hobbit trailer before Brave!

FYI: The Hobbit Trailer #2 is not new footage.. Just a cut down version of the one we have...

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012...-new-material/

[kimchicoug]

We didn't get a Hobbit trailer before Brave!

This trailer doesn't count? THE HOBBIT Trailer HD - YouTube

I'm so incredibly excited for this movie. It should be awesome. By the way, they were having a sale on the Amazon.com: The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King Extended Editions) [Blu-ray]: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Peter Jackson: Movies & TV the other day on amazon. We bought it for $40 dollars.

FYI: The Hobbit Trailer #2 is not new footage.. Just a cut down version of the one we have...

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012...-new-material/

I sure missed the point of Triplet D's post badly. I'll have to learn to control my excitement of Hobbits next time.

[Donuthole]

I probably won't watch this all the way through, just like I haven't watched any of the Lord of the Rings movies all the way through. Unfortunately, it has been fairly impossible to avoid the movies entirely.

[wuapinmon]

I probably won't watch this all the way through, just like I haven't watched any of the Lord of the Rings movies all the way through. Unfortunately, it has been fairly impossible to avoid the movies entirely.

I think your pants are ugly.