THE HOBBIT ~ Discuss and Spoil!

[DreadfulKata]

Gosh, I enjoyed The Hobbit. I went twice.

In some ways I prefer it to the LoTR films. Without the ponderous weightiness of that story, it was able to revel a bit more. I liked that they brought in a more coherent narrative (the dwarf homeland stuff, the links to LoTR), but I think they did well not to let it get bogged down in that stuff. The books are a different beast from the trilogy, and I think the writers did a good job of replicating that. I got the impression the team had learned a lot on/since LoTR.

I am a complete sucker for all the end stuff with 'Bilbo! You wrecked all the shit! But it was awesome.' moment. Little Bilbo Freeman with his little sword standing between the big orc and Thorin... I was practically blubbering.

[Del]

Took the girls.. saw it ... loved it.

[octarinefire]

I saw it in 3D and loved it except the high speed action sequences when I found things a little hard to follow. Things tended towards blurriness when moving very fast but I think it was more to do with the visual clutter on screen rather than the tech used. Came out of the cinema with a headache though - first time ever from a 3D film and I've seen quite a few in the cinema. Don't know what was to blame and wouldn't like to speculate though I know some people have blamed the frame rate.
I found the indoor and slower moving sequences in the film were absolutely stunning and I did enjoy it so I'm looking forward to seeing the next installment - just a shame we'll have to wait so long for it. I would love it if Jackson went back and converted the LOTR films into 3D format - I would definitely go back to the cinema to see those in 3D though RotK could do with some of the long, lingering glances cut down (e.g. when the Fellowship gather around Frodo in bed and the farewell scene at the Grey Havens).
With films like these the cinema is definitely the best way to view them and when given the choice between 2D and 3D I usually opt for 3D. This is tech I don't have at home yet so I'll take the opportunity when it's there at the cinema. I saw the last Harry Potter in 3D multiple times - last opportunity to see HP in 3D and the only HP film with a 3D cinema release so I milked it for all it was worth lol.

[Who's Wee Dug]

I liked it in 3D seen it in an Imax cinema did not get a headache though, and I went back to see in 2D just to see if it was still blurry in some shots, it was, I've just voted for it in the Hugo awards for the Worldcon.

[Conforumist]

My "current" verdict is, he f'd it up.

There's so much crap in there, just to make it into 3 movies that it ruined it for me. I'm thinking of the hours of crap he'll throw into the next to movies. It should have been done in "2" parts. That would have been plenty: Look at the size of the book for pete sake.