Members OverDriven Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I'm curious what you guys think of it. I feel like this story is almost completely an invention of Jackson. For example, one of the main characters, the white Orc, is never even mentioned once in the book. Yet he is a large part of the movie. That's not what really bothered me though. What really bothered me is that this movie must be 90% CGI. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I felt like I was watching a Pixar animated movie. The CGI didn't blend with the live action well either, and it just gave the whole movie a fake, almost cartoony quality. Directors are just going overboard these days. Though LOTR had a lot of CGI, it also had enough live action to make the whole thing seem much more realistic. If you've seen it, what did you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Waaaaaay too much CGI. Saw it in HFR, and it made the movie look like it was in fast forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Waaaaaay too much CGI. Saw it in HFR, and it made the movie look like it was in fast forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I took my daughter to see it, and about an hour into it we got up and left. I was very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I took my daughter to see it, and about an hour into it we got up and left. I was very disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members megawzrd Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Crap, too much filler. I got bored in the second hour and checked the time. Hollywood money grab and P.Jackson is full of {censored} saying it was his choice to extend it the way he did. Should have been two movies max.The huge white orc was stupid, what about Jar Jar the Brown though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members megawzrd Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Crap, too much filler. I got bored in the second hour and checked the time. Hollywood money grab and P.Jackson is full of {censored} saying it was his choice to extend it the way he did. Should have been two movies max.The huge white orc was stupid, what about Jar Jar the Brown though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Did that eating scene at the beginning really have to be an hour and a half long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Abouttreefitty Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Did that eating scene at the beginning really have to be an hour and a half long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hrafnkel Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 While I'll be the first to say three movies (even as long as they were) overly condensed the plot of Lord of the Rings, I'll also be the first to say that the only way to make a Jacksonian trilogy out of the Hobbit is by way of some very heavy padding. Haven't seen the movie yet, but all the early reviews I've seen lamented the overuse of CGI compared to the much more 'real' feeling battle scenes of the LotR trilogy. Doubt I'll bother with the Hobbit, if it's just Attack of the Clones in Middle-Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hrafnkel Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 While I'll be the first to say three movies (even as long as they were) overly condensed the plot of Lord of the Rings, I'll also be the first to say that the only way to make a Jacksonian trilogy out of the Hobbit is by way of some very heavy padding. Haven't seen the movie yet, but all the early reviews I've seen lamented the overuse of CGI compared to the much more 'real' feeling battle scenes of the LotR trilogy. Doubt I'll bother with the Hobbit, if it's just Attack of the Clones in Middle-Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members iff Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I very much enjoyed it, granted it's been about 10 years since I last read The Hobbit and LotR. It's definitely a whole different feel from Jackson's previous LotR films, obviously more light-hearted. I wish there hadn't been so much CGI and I found it caused a sort of lagging effect on the picture at times. Also wish there was a non-3D option... I'd like to watch it at the higher FPS sometime, but I'll probably wait until it's released for that...or just see it on a cheap day. I've seen a couple other high FPS films and have been pretty indifferent to its effect (of course, after taking a few minutes to adjust to it) but it'll be interesting to see how it affects this kind of film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iff Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I very much enjoyed it, granted it's been about 10 years since I last read The Hobbit and LotR. It's definitely a whole different feel from Jackson's previous LotR films, obviously more light-hearted. I wish there hadn't been so much CGI and I found it caused a sort of lagging effect on the picture at times. Also wish there was a non-3D option... I'd like to watch it at the higher FPS sometime, but I'll probably wait until it's released for that...or just see it on a cheap day. I've seen a couple other high FPS films and have been pretty indifferent to its effect (of course, after taking a few minutes to adjust to it) but it'll be interesting to see how it affects this kind of film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted December 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Originally Posted by iff I very much enjoyed it, granted it's been about 10 years since I last read The Hobbit and LotR.It's definitely a whole different feel from Jackson's previous LotR films, obviously more light-hearted.I wish there hadn't been so much CGI and I found it caused a sort of lagging effect on the picture at times. Also wish there was a non-3D option...I'd like to watch it at the higher FPS sometime, but I'll probably wait until it's released for that...or just see it on a cheap day. I've seen a couple other high FPS films and have been pretty indifferent to its effect (of course, after taking a few minutes to adjust to it) but it'll be interesting to see how it affects this kind of film. There is a non-3d version. I saw it in 2d tonight. I hate 3d movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted December 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Originally Posted by iff I very much enjoyed it, granted it's been about 10 years since I last read The Hobbit and LotR.It's definitely a whole different feel from Jackson's previous LotR films, obviously more light-hearted.I wish there hadn't been so much CGI and I found it caused a sort of lagging effect on the picture at times. Also wish there was a non-3D option...I'd like to watch it at the higher FPS sometime, but I'll probably wait until it's released for that...or just see it on a cheap day. I've seen a couple other high FPS films and have been pretty indifferent to its effect (of course, after taking a few minutes to adjust to it) but it'll be interesting to see how it affects this kind of film. There is a non-3d version. I saw it in 2d tonight. I hate 3d movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iff Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Originally Posted by OverDriven There is a non-3d version. I saw it in 2d tonight. I hate 3d movies. Fak. I hate them too. The theaters here are only playing 3D, 3D high FPS or closed captioned (not sure whether 3D or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iff Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Originally Posted by OverDriven There is a non-3d version. I saw it in 2d tonight. I hate 3d movies. Fak. I hate them too. The theaters here are only playing 3D, 3D high FPS or closed captioned (not sure whether 3D or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blckbldng Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I thought it was better than the LOTR movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blckbldng Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 I thought it was better than the LOTR movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shine Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 The hobbit novel was {censored}ing boring, why would I watch the {censored}ing boring movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shine Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 The hobbit novel was {censored}ing boring, why would I watch the {censored}ing boring movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Right off the bat. I hate Tolkien. I think he's overrated as {censored} and his prose pisses me right the {censored} off. I heard the FPS makes the movie hyper realistic. Kinda makes me wanna see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 Right off the bat. I hate Tolkien. I think he's overrated as {censored} and his prose pisses me right the {censored} off. I heard the FPS makes the movie hyper realistic. Kinda makes me wanna see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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