Darth Revan of the Sith Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 [img]http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/40304/The_Hobbit:_An_Unexpected_Journey_74.jpg[/img] [spoiler=Trailer][url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSoD4BBCJc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=JTSoD4BBCJc[/url][/spoiler] [spoiler=My Review (2D, 24 FPS)] 4/5 Stars The usual Jackson formula and that is only part of the problem. This movie was not bad, let me clarify. However, it sure as hell ain't like the original trilogy. Let's discuss the good. First of all, directing. As usual Peter Jackson employs his stunning use of extreme detail in this movie. The acting is glorious and Martin Freeman is a wonderful Bilbo Baggins. The dwarves are great as well. I like how they emphasized the villain Azog who, unlike the book, has a large part to play in the story. The CGI is breathtaking and as always I love Howard Shore's freaking music. the 2D version was bad, especially when it is not in 3D. Half of the things that happen in this movie were meant for 3D and the fact that it was meant for 48 FPS caused the 24 FPS version to seriously lack in quality. It was all fuzzy and it seems like Jackson has alienated his fans in favor of "Revolutionizing" film with his little 48 FPS idea. The beginning was way too slow. There was an extreme lack of coherent pacing. Most of the beginning was very faithful to The Hobbit book but that was a problem as well. The action sequences were great however and I noted after leaving the Shire things started to pick up for the better. If you are looking for a top notch Jackson film based on Tolkien's famous book, don't come here. If you are looking for a nice movie by a good director, then you may like [i]The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[/i]. Also to note, if you do see it, do NOT watch it in 2D or 24 FPS. It is just bad.[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky2quick Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I really liked it ties in real well with the LOTR trilogy, and quite a bit of decapitation with I really liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miscellaneous-P Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 [quote name='Ky2quick' timestamp='1357107021' post='6108869'] I really liked it ties in real well with the LOTR trilogy, and quite a bit of decapitation with I really liked. [/quote] Ah yes, the decapitations were quite nice.. the movie was good too even though I saw it in 2D since the 3D version was only available off base in Japanese theaters which are much more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I don't know why but I think I'm the only one who felt like how they tie this movie with the LOTR trilogy a bit forceful. And I watch The Hobbit in both 24 FPS and 48 FPS in 3D. Watching it in 48 FPS only just for what Jackson's intended vision for it and I thought that I enjoy it more in 24 FPS. As for the movie itself, I like it and I'll understand that most people would compare it to LOTR film but both the book and the movie are a different tone compare to LOTR and I enjoy how different the tone is. Anyway, are you going to review Looper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 While I am very new to the LotR franchise (I watched the LotR movies because my dad wanted to take me to see The Hobbit), I enjoyed this movie. I'm also currently reading the book, and I noticed some differences, but I don't mind them too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 The actors were great, as well as all effects and choreography. I also very much enjoy medieval settings and mythical creatures in general. Though, there are things that bugged me. [color=#ff0000](Spoiler Alert)[/color] [spoiler=Spoiler] -Fourteen survivors get on a journey to reclaim their homeland, some with barely any fighting experience, and they flat out stating they are not amongst the best at all. Yet, they manage to go through all their adventures without as much as a single death. Even though they have made bad mistakes along the road that should have presented consequenses, like the mountain trolls that were about to kill our protagonist. They'd rather have all their 14 men plus ponies giving up and being eaten, and fail their main goal without even reaching it, than to evaluate the situation in favor of saving as many as you could? Dropping their swords was BAD. I understand the concept of caring for your comrades, but still, they all knew the risks when they signed that contract, so they should prove that the contract is not meaningless by having one or two die there. -They kept being lucky with their ordeals. I get that magic exists and I like magic settings, but they used it as Deus Ex Machina [s]a few[/s] many times. Whatever Gandarf did on the inside of the troll mountain when he reapeared in the middle of the moment to knock all the trolls around him and buy time, he never used it again. Also sending the butterfly to fetch help for them... couldn't he just have called the birds to take them to their intended goal from the very beginning? What exactly stopped him from doing that? Oh and there is also the giant wolves, they were supposed to be a stronger version of IRL wolves from what I see. Yet, they kept being killed even by accident. The main character only pointed the sword towards the wolf and the wolf charged to his death on his own. Meanwhile, you see one of the dwarves swinging a hammer behind him and killing one without even looking at what he's hitting. Another moment was when the wooden bridge fell inside the troll mountain. It conveniently never impacted in places where it could harm someone from the crew, despite impacting against rocks several times. -Some elements that they used from LotR. I understand they are eye candy for fans, but throwing terms like the name Sauron, and other species, is a bit much. I understood them from the small pieces of knowledge I already had from LotR, and was only able to keep track of it because of that. I did not memorize the name of half the characters, so adding much more information to keep track of is not kind on the new expectators and sometimes is not even necessary. Oh, and the ring moment was meh to me. I mean, putting myself in the shoes of someone that's going into the theater without knowledge of the LotR series (which I haven't read the books or watched any of the movies complete, but I sort of know what happens, who Gandarf is, and some trivia like that) and I think the Gollum scene was boring. They stretched their little game far too long. Also, he discovered the ring made him invisible, yet, he never used that to his advantage for the rest of the climax. Though even if he had, it would have been bad because it'd be a Deus Ex Machina element, so it's a lose-lose situation. -Were the Elvish people just playing dumb? Gandarf kept dissapearing to skip the dangerous parts of the ordeals that everyone else had to face, and it is understood that he went ahead to that Elf city to get help for everyone else, which sort of would have implied that they'd ask what they were doing in there before lending a hand. Also, as I said before, I'm not a very experienced about LotR even though I'm not a complete noob either, sooooo who's the woman that mind-talks with Gandarf? [/spoiler] Though other than those things, I had fun, but it's probably overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Revan of the Sith Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 [quote name='Sleepy' timestamp='1357418175' post='6112064'] The actors were great, as well as all effects and choreography. I also very much enjoy medieval settings and mythical creatures in general. Though, there are things that bugged me. [color=#ff0000](Spoiler Alert)[/color] [spoiler=Spoiler] -Fourteen survivors get on a journey to reclaim their homeland, some with barely any fighting experience, and they flat out stating they are not amongst the best at all. Yet, they manage to go through all their adventures without as much as a single death. Even though they have made bad mistakes along the road that should have presented consequenses, like the mountain trolls that were about to kill our protagonist. They'd rather have all their 14 men plus ponies giving up and being eaten, and fail their main goal without even reaching it, than to evaluate the situation in favor of saving as many as you could? Dropping their swords was BAD. I understand the concept of caring for your comrades, but still, they all knew the risks when they signed that contract, so they should prove that the contract is not meaningless by having one or two die there. -They kept being lucky with their ordeals. I get that magic exists and I like magic settings, but they used it as Deus Ex Machina [s]a few[/s] many times. Whatever Gandarf did on the inside of the troll mountain when he reapeared in the middle of the moment to knock all the trolls around him and buy time, he never used it again. Also sending the butterfly to fetch help for them... couldn't he just have called the birds to take them to their intended goal from the very beginning? What exactly stopped him from doing that? Oh and there is also the giant wolves, they were supposed to be a stronger version of IRL wolves from what I see. Yet, they kept being killed even by accident. The main character only pointed the sword towards the wolf and the wolf charged to his death on his own. Meanwhile, you see one of the dwarves swinging a hammer behind him and killing one without even looking at what he's hitting. Another moment was when the wooden bridge fell inside the troll mountain. It conveniently never impacted in places where it could harm someone from the crew, despite impacting against rocks several times. -Some elements that they used from LotR. I understand they are eye candy for fans, but throwing terms like the name Sauron, and other species, is a bit much. I understood them from the small pieces of knowledge I already had from LotR, and was only able to keep track of it because of that. I did not memorize the name of half the characters, so adding much more information to keep track of is not kind on the new expectators and sometimes is not even necessary. Oh, and the ring moment was meh to me. I mean, putting myself in the shoes of someone that's going into the theater without knowledge of the LotR series (which I haven't read the books or watched any of the movies complete, but I sort of know what happens, who Gandarf is, and some trivia like that) and I think the Gollum scene was boring. They stretched their little game far too long. Also, he discovered the ring made him invisible, yet, he never used that to his advantage for the rest of the climax. Though even if he had, it would have been bad because it'd be a Deus Ex Machina element, so it's a lose-lose situation. -Were the Elvish people just playing dumb? Gandarf kept dissapearing to skip the dangerous parts of the ordeals that everyone else had to face, and it is understood that he went ahead to that Elf city to get help for everyone else, which sort of would have implied that they'd ask what they were doing in there before lending a hand. Also, as I said before, I'm not a very experienced about LotR even though I'm not a complete noob either, sooooo who's the woman that mind-talks with Gandarf? [/spoiler] Though other than those things, I had fun, but it's probably overrated. [/quote] Yea, other than LOTR, Tolkien designed The Hobbit as a book for kids. Not only that, the book had MAJOR plot holes and inconsistencies and even Tolkien said that he would have rather "Remade" the book. I can see that Jackson intended to make it still for kids, but also to keep the dark atmosphere of LOTR and add a couple of scenes to rework the old plot holes. I don't mind that though. Still, Jackson has a LOT more work to do for The Hobbit than he did for LOTR. I absolutely loved your insight into The Hobbit plot. Very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Baggins Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 The only problems I had with it is everything seemed to be SGI and the 40 frames per second really made the intro blurry. Other than that I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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