I didn't have any headaches, in fact, it felt better on my eyes than 24 fps. Makes sense, since less flicker and such.

Yup. It's not simply an adaptation of The Hobbit. It's an adaptation of many of Tolkien's works. This was known for years before the movie was even started.

There is no death growl that can match the pure awesomeness of Christopher Lee's voice.

You are very much not alone in liking the Hobbit. There seems to be a huge disconnect between audiences and critics about it, yet the critics seem to not even realize it exists.

I saw it both ways, and I saw it in 48 fps the first time and thought it was great, if a bit taking used to get to. I think alot of people had some disorientation when watching it though, because it's something you have to mentally prepare yourself for, so it might've added to the "hardness" of watching the movie.…

Indeed. If I could watch that stuff for hours on end, I would.

EXACTLY. I was ready for more when the movie was over.

The pacing of those scenes was actually pretty close to the book, and was actually shortened because the same scenes in the book take place within about 3 days, just summarized.

They have read it. They have also read Tolkien's extra material and notes that showed the story to be far more serious and more important to the future of Middle Earth than what Bilbo's perspective (which is what The Hobbit book is meant to be, canonically) showed it to be. It's not just an adaptation of The Hobbit,…

Agreed. Part of The Hobbit, which wasn't described in the book, but described in other materials and the movie was that Gandalf was using the quest to stop Sauron from acquiring Smaug as a living weapon of mass destruction. That links it pretty well with the events of LotR. Not to mention the Ring, which, because of…

Its in the same movie universe as well, so of course its going to "feel" like LotR. At the same time, its going to have a different tone as well, because, as Frodo said to Bilbo, Frodo's journey was much different and darker. The Hobbit won't be as grimdark as LotR, but that doesn't mean it can't be on the same scale.…

My thoughts are similar. Alot of the complaining seems to come from those who only read the book, or watched LotR and are ignorant of Tolkien's further explanations of the story's true magnitude in other books. My reasoning is that The Hobbit book is from Bilbo's perspective, while the extra material shows it was a…

The "fluff" is mostly Tolkien canon, just described in other books. I think alot of critics thought it was "fluff" because it isn't resolved in this movie. However, it's going to pick up in scale in the next one when Gandalf leaves the group. It's important to the main arc of the movies(as well as to LotR) as well,…

I think the 1977 cartoon might be more up your alley then.

I agree, but other people should take note that the movies is not an adaptation of JUST The Hobbit. It's also an adaptation of The Quest of Erebor, Durin's Folk and various parts of the LotR Appendices. The Hobbit book is, in canon, Bilbo's edited account of the story from his perspective. That's why its so silly.…

Someone will probably make a more complete version after the movie comes out.

Found another one that matches the trailer a tad closer and seems to use the original series more rather than the Rebuild one

And here's the OTHER inevitable Evangelion remix

Here's the inevitable Evangelion remix .

Heh, as I said, I understand the change, I just liked the aesthetics of the last one. I do find it funny that the last set kept breaking. That matches the spirit of the TARDIS soooooo well.