Hobbitses movies: I'm trying to trust you here, Peter! - Page 3

[journeymom]

it has been years and years and waiting and waiting

Yes it has!  Fellowship of the Rings is ten years old.  Return of the King is eight years old. 

Beorn is being played by Mikael Persbrandt:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675409/

OK, I'm wondering if the character Itaril was a hoax. 

Edited to add, I noticed that Itaril has disappeared from the cast list. 

Introducing...Tauriel!  a character created for the movie.  She's played by Evangeline Lilly, from Lost.  http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Tauriel

Biting my tongue. 

Edited by journeymom - 12/23/11 at 9:29am

[SweetSilver]

I am curious is all that is in an attempt to put the movie in context with LOTR?  Gandalf did go ahead of the dwarves to meet with a "couple of friends".  I'm not a purist when it comes to translating books into film, because the medium has different requirements, but I do wish that they would trust to the story more.  

I just can't even think about it.... it might not be all that terribly distracting (not exactly a thumbs up!)

[journeymom]

Oh my.  Being honest, I don't like this. 

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/04/24/cinemacon-2012-dim-reaction-to-high-def-look-of-peter-jacksons-the-hobbit/

The high-def technology he's using give the film a 'soap opera look'.    I'm not going to condemn it till I've seen it.  Maybe it'll look better than the description indicates.

[SweetSilver]

Is it the technology on your end?  I hate that, too.  It's from "motion smoothing" on the HDTVs.  Something you can turn off on some screens.  Do you think it will look that way in theaters?  

You know, maybe I'm a dinosaur with this as with everything else.  That "soap opera" effect might end up being here to stay, like CFL bulbs.  I still am not used to those, either.

[journeymom]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'on your end'?  But I imagine it requires a special projector for the audience to see.  Yes, definitely the audience will see it, that's what all the unhappiness is about. 

When we first got our latest, fancy-schmancy TV everything looked like it was in soap opera mode, and I was getting pretty disappointed.  That's a lot of money for what I think is a lousy visual quality, not superior.  Fortunately dh agreed and went hunting around all the options and found where it could be turned off. 

But I don't know if that means when the Hobbit is released on dvd the consumer can opt out and turn off the super high def.  I kinda think not, since the effect originates at the recording camera.

I think this movie change-over is kind of like the switch from vinyl to cd.  There are plenty of people who still believe vinyl offers the better sound, because while vinyl capture's all of the source's real sound waves, with cds some of the source's sound waves aren't captured in translation from reality to digital. I just spent 5 minutes reading about vinyl versus digital.

At the very least it's good to know this major bit of information about the movie ahead of time. At least it won't be a surprise, and I can focus on enjoying the story.  And that might be Peter Jackson's objective with these pre-screenings.