Well as you may or may not have guessed from the title I have seen The Hobbit.
I have seen it twice now both times in the new HFR 3D (Higher Film Rate 3D) and both times I was impressed.
Obv. more so the first time I saw it.
But since seeing it I have to say it does really seem to be a Marmite sort of film. You either love it or hate it.
There are purists who have read the book saying they've changed too much, added too much etc. But I've read the book and I think it's quite accurate. Not the most accurate book to film adaption I might add but yes there are 1 or 2 extra bits. Having never read the Unfinished tales I can't say whether or not any of the extra scenes are written by Tolkien himself. I do know Jackson has made some bits up as the book had characters going off and doing other things in the book and whatever they go off and do is only hinted at. So he has taken some creative license.
There are of course always going to be people who have nothing but complaints about a film. I read one womans blog and she complained mainly about the length of the film!
I'm sorry but when you look at cinema times the length of the film is usually listed right next to film times. So if you don't want to sit through a long film, don't go to the frickin cinema!!
She also complained about the scenes with Radagast in saying she didn't feel they drove the plot forward and were unnecessary. Not every scene in a film is needed to drive the plot forward sometimes a scene is just there to entertain. She argued that the film should have been shorter and Jackson should have done an extended cut for the dvd.
Now for those of you that have seen Jackson in interviews or read interviews you will know he makes his films for a cinema audience. He doesn't want people sat at home watching them on the small screen, that it takes something away from the magic of the movie. And do you know what, you really can tell. The panoramic views in the movie and the detail is fantastic. And come on lets be honest why wouldn't you go to the cinema to see a film like this?! It makes the most of the sound system and the detail on a bigger screen is amazing.
And add to that a brand new (in this country at least) form of 3D. A higher film rate so it is more true to what the human eye sees. Why wouldn't you jump at the chance to see it?
Again you have people moaning about 3D, and all I can say to them is if you think 3D is rubbish then you clearly haven't seen a good 3D film. What people don't bother finding out before a cinema visit is that some films are filmed in 3D and some are converted. And on the whole it is those that were converted to 3D that have made people anti-3D. Obv. some people hate the glasses (mainly glasses wearers). Then there are those films that were filmed in 3D but nothing is coming out the screen at you so there is no point in bothering seeing it in 3D.
Previously to seeing The Hobbit the best 3D cinema experience i had was seeing Kylie in her Aphrodite tour at the cinema. That was so good you actually thought people were standing up at the front. With The Hobbit this was repeated things came out the screen at you but not in a shock value way trees came out the screen, smoke trickled out the screen.
It was amazing. My boyfriend also saw the film in 3D but he saw it in standard 3D and whilst impressed didn't understand why I was so blown away by it. But he did enjoy the film.
So that's my Hobbit rant over. Now let me tell you about two other films I have seen recently.
The first was Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.
This is a sequel to the 1974 classic so it followed directly on from the end of that film. Which was good. Now i'm not going to give away plot details, that would be mean. Let me just say
1. It is SO cheesy.
2. It has a clever twist, and
3. It is NOT 3D enough.
But other than that I enjoyed it.
The other film I saw was Les Miserables. I was blown away, again i'm not going to say too much about it as that would be mean. But i loved it very surprised at Russel Crowe's singing ability. He always reminds me of Oliver Reed for some reason. (And for those of you who-ing at that name IMDB him).
Anne Hathaway has a brilliant voice, and i did cry.
Definatly recommend people going to see it.
Well that is all for this post. I've waffled on long enough. More soon.
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