Heh, and I actually found the pacing of the movie to be pretty damn good. It actually matches the pace of the book and expands upon a few things that were actually the length of what you see in the movie, but were only quickly summarized in the book. I've always loved the little character moments in LotR and was glad…

Yeah. If you see it in 48 fps, prepare yourself mentally for something different. Leave your thoughts about how movies "should' look like at the door. In 24 fps, it looks like what you'd expect a movie to look like. It has a different tone from LotR, but not too different, but so did the book and one should understand…

The film industry, as a business, is quite conservative. Alot of what we consider to be "new" like high-def, RealD 3D, digital cameras and so on, have been in development long before we ever got to see them used in theaters. There's also the fact that much of the really innovative approaches to cinema have been…

Agreed. the difference between watching it in 48 fps and 24 fps was stunning. I actually noticed the flicker and choppiness in 24.

Agreed, there's ALOT of people saying they like it (including me), but I've yet to see an article about HFR where the author recognizes the existence of a counterpoint. If you only read the article, you'd think that what he says is an objective fact, but then you look at the comments and you see that it is not so.

Interestingly, I found the cg creatures in The Hobbit to be even more realistic in HFR without the motion blur.

Mind you, the last hour is nearly scene-for-scene from the book, except for the addition of Azog and some changes to the warg scene, and a bit more cinematic escape from Goblintown. Being a fan of the books, it was perfectly paced, in my very humble opinion.

Leave any previous opinions at the door, especially about how movies "should" look, and go in with an open mind. It can be quite surprising.

Maybe they went in without an open mind. I left my thoughts about how movies "should" look at the door, and I came out wanting to see more movies done with hfr.

Saw it first in hfr. I was mentally prepared for something different, which is a must for this. Took a bit to get used to and, at first, it worked for some scenes more than others, but once I got used to it and saw some amazing things (the trolls, goblintown and gollum in 48 fps are perhaps the most realistic cgi…

I don't think anyone does, anymore. It seems to be a catch-all insult to make one feel superior.

Eh.

Yeah, it'd be in my top 10, may even be number one (especially after the second viewing). There seems to be a huge disparity between critics and audiences for it, so I can see any list putting it in its own category, perhaps "Controversial".

Believe me, even better the second time.

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Huh. I've seen that more often as "Meanwhile, In Russia".

True, true. Well, he was fighting a Balrog for days. Died. Got better. Got some new clothes and staff from Galadriel, and then chased down the Fellowship.

Best use of the sound: when you could hear Gollum's voice coming in from different directions. That was AWESOME. I was disappointed when the second theater we saw it in didn't have that. :(

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Agreed, there are some stories that just can't be compressed into a one or two-hour "greatest hits" compilation. There's a certain dramatic weight to Tolkien's universe that Jackson achieves excellently, and other adaptations, like Bakshi's LotR and the '77 Hobbit film, did not do so well at portraying.