The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[raider5gt]

We're old school!

Yeah we are old school or we are just plain OLD.

[MIB41]

The last few movies my family and I went to see were in 3D. We couldn't opt for the 2d or we would have. Both times we left with headaches, I don't know if its the glasses or my toric contact lenses but it was killer. My tickets for the Hobbit are in 3D and I hope its a bit clearer the Wreck it Ralph and Hotel Transylvania.

I call it the "View master effect", because that's all it really is. Perceived depth through multi-imaging. Your brain has to take all of that and create a singular image which gives a perception of depth. I have ZERO interest in it. We'll be seeing the 2-D version.

[Sideshow Spock]

This is pretty , altho it sounds very similar to SNL's Lazy Sunday

WARNING: Some NSFW language

[TomStrong]

The last few movies my family and I went to see were in 3D. We couldn't opt for the 2d or we would have. Both times we left with headaches, I don't know if its the glasses or my toric contact lenses but it was killer. My tickets for the Hobbit are in 3D and I hope its a bit clearer the Wreck it Ralph and Hotel Transylvania.

[Sideshow Spock]

I dislike seeing films in 3D already: I think the image is darker and unclear, and have to wear that stupid junk over my other glasses as well.

I'm with you on the darker and glasses over glasses part, but in this case I'll still opt for the 3D version, since that's how the film was shot. For the movies that are post-converted into 3D, I normally opt for the standard 2D..

[TomStrong]

I'm a huge Tolkien nerd, scholar, buff, and I can't wait. I've already got tickets for the midnight showing opening night. I too grew up with the Ranking Bass version and loved it. I love the songs and the art as well. Its obvious they tried to use an Arthur Rackham style to the background illustrations especially. I even got the four volume LP book and record set on ebay a few years ago and my seven year old loves it. I hope these Hobbit movies are as good as the LOTR saga. I don't know how they're going to stretch it out to include three films even with the added materials from the LOTR appendices but I'm hopeful nonetheless.

[Gorn Captain]

Looking forward to seeing this but not in 3D also,give me it in 2D any day.

We're old school!

[raider5gt]

I hope they also play the movie in simple 2D, without all the fuss.
I dislike seeing films in 3D already: I think the image is darker and unclear, and have to wear that stupid junk over my other glasses as well.
I have no desire to feel like I'm "in the movie", and hate "shaky cam" movies.

Looking forward to seeing this but not in 3D also,give me it in 2D any day.

[scifiguy94]

I wish I was excited to see this as I was the LOTR, but I'm just not.

[Gorn Captain]

I hope they also play the movie in simple 2D, without all the fuss.
I dislike seeing films in 3D already: I think the image is darker and unclear, and have to wear that stupid junk over my other glasses as well.
I have no desire to feel like I'm "in the movie", and hate "shaky cam" movies.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Yeah, Rankin/Bass pulled off a perfectly awesome one in an hour and a half. I'd heard one of the things they've done with the new films is add a lot of stuff from the Silmarillion and other sources. (Like Gandalf's.... cousin, is it?)

I dunno; I didn't care for the Lord of the Rings films, mostly 'cos I'd read the books and knew what was going to happen. (I'm kinda tired of EVERY film having a Kurosawa-esque mass combat scene too.) So I'm lukewarm on these.

Don C.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I'm looking forward to it. Believe it or not, I've just started watching the LOTR trilogy. I saw the first one when it hit DVD back in 2001, but that's right around when my son was born. The thought of going to a 3-hour movie when he was 2 and 3 precluded me from seeing the others, and I just kept putting it off.

Wal-Mart still had the DVDs for $1.96 the Saturday after Black Friday, so I went for it. Me and the boy watched "Fellowship" and "Two Towers" so far. I love 'em!

Chris

[torgospizza]

I am having a hard time getting used to the look of Thorin.

I am, as well. This guy would look great in a viking movie, but he's too young and hip looking to be the King Under the Mountain, IMHO. If Thorin had been an Amon Amarth roadie or a LARPing trucker, I'd think "nailed it," but that's not the case.

[Hector]

Blue ray rental for me.

Seen all three LOTR movies once (first one at the theaters, and the sequels on DVD), no need to see them again.

The same will apply to the Hobbit.

Having said that, the LOTR trilogy is indeed superior to the super lame Jar Jar Wars trilogy, by a trillion miles, lol.

[jds1911a1]

I am having a hard time getting used to the look of Thorin. I grew up with this



and wore out my RankinBass album set.

I LOVE the Rankion bass Hobbit, the songs by Glen Yarborough, Orson Bean as bilbo, and Palladin Richard Boone as Smog. Just great. Also good was the Retun of the King from Rankin bass. I never cared for the bass version of Lord of the Rings as much as these more cartoony versions
In one clip for the new one I saw a dwarf singing the history song that plays as Thorin tells the tale of Smog.
I am loathe to admit that after the new LOTR it was so long I never got around to watching the others I just can't commit to a 4plus hour film

7th Dr Sylvester Mccoy is in it so odds are I will see it jkust fot that