His current girlfriend does the age ratings for films released in NZ so she usually sees everything a long time before it it released. Because of her importance film companies attempt to 'bribe' (just my guess ) her (premiere tickets etc) I assume in the hopes she will be 'fair' on the ratings.
*Update*
My partner is texting him now to find out how it was, I will report my findings.
*Update*
Just finished now. Apparently it was an awesome movie will have more feedback tomorrow im sure.
I see your dragon thing after googling that name, and raise you that hell fire thing from the dungeon in the first movie, that is way more bad ass than a dragon.
Oh and that pic is why its so cool even if it was 3 minutes.
I'm still waiting to find out how the 'Sled Pulled By Rabbits' nonsense fits into the film without breaking credability. What, we talking about giant rabbits here, or does Radagast have some kind of power of miniaturisation at his disposal? Just gimme a shot that features Gandalf rolling his eyes when Radagast turns up on his sled at the meeting of The White Council, that's all i'm askin... Also interested in how Jackson is going to handle the talking Wargs, which DO look awesome.
A few reaction tweets (stolen from theonering.net forums):
@BryanSinger
Just saw #Hobbit. Having some serious frame rate envy. Amazing and involving. Loved it! And @ianmckellen118, my friend, you are brilliant!
@KokoKabana
The #Hobbit is everything I could have hoped for. Perfection. TWO MORE FILMS PLEASE.
@CarterNixon
I just saw and enjoyed the **** out of The Hobbit. It's great.
@wolf_monkey
So yeah- The Hobbit was pretty intense! :O
@jonnymolenz
Wow, Hobbit was incredible - an epic!
A few reaction tweets (stolen from theonering.net forums):
@BryanSinger
Just saw #Hobbit. Having some serious frame rate envy. Amazing and involving. Loved it! And @ianmckellen118, my friend, you are brilliant!
@KokoKabana
The #Hobbit is everything I could have hoped for. Perfection. TWO MORE FILMS PLEASE.
@CarterNixon
I just saw and enjoyed the **** out of The Hobbit. It's great.
@wolf_monkey
So yeah- The Hobbit was pretty intense! :O
@jonnymolenz
Wow, Hobbit was incredible - an epic!
A few reaction tweets (stolen from theonering.net forums):
@BryanSinger
Just saw #Hobbit. Having some serious frame rate envy. Amazing and involving. Loved it! And @ianmckellen118, my friend, you are brilliant!
@KokoKabana
The #Hobbit is everything I could have hoped for. Perfection. TWO MORE FILMS PLEASE.
@CarterNixon
I just saw and enjoyed the **** out of The Hobbit. It's great.
@wolf_monkey
So yeah- The Hobbit was pretty intense! :O
@jonnymolenz
Wow, Hobbit was incredible - an epic!
"It was amazing"; "It was fantastic"; "The clarity was amazing"... Those lucky enough to see The Hobbit's premiere last night were effusive.
Those spoken to after the screening praised the beautiful New Zealand sceneries, the captivating story and were dazzled by the special effects featured in the first movie to be shot in 3D at 48 frames per second (fps).
"It was fantastic, it was very realistic. And compared to the Lord of the Rings movies it was great to see, that special effects have come a long way," Stephanie Cook said.
"It was amazing, especially the battle scenes and it left you wanting more at the end," Paul Bingham said. "The 48 fps is totally the future of movies. It takes you a couple of minutes to get used to it, but the clarity is amazing. I read the initial media criticism but I have to say: It's just fantastic."
Shihad frontman Jon Toogood agreed. "I thought Gollum was awesome, that was my favourite", but the whole movie looked amazing and sounded awesome, he said.
The new 3D format "did feel a bit voyeuristic at first but once you get used to how crystal clear it is, I think it is quite amazing. It is arresting when you first see it. It is almost like something you shouldn't really be seeing it. It's cool," he said.
The movie also got some backing from director Peter Jackson's 16-year-old daughter, Katie. "It was amazing," she said after seeing it for the first time along with the 850-strong crowd at the theatre. "It's very close to home with Lords of the Rings and I think Hobbit fans will enjoy it very much".
Another movie-goer described it as the best of fantasy put into 3D. "I don't know if it was so advanced or if it was so old, that's how I would describe it. It was just gorgeous," she said.
It would be fair to assume, that Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee, who was heavily involved in the negotiations with Warner Bros, didn't have much of a choice than loving the movie, but his praises sounded sincere.
"I thought it was fantastic. The bits you can probably most appreciate are the sound quality, that was extraordinary, and all of the technical side of it. The 48 frames per second, it's some of the best 3D ever produced, and then the story itself, I think it just captures you," he said.
"The best bit for me though was the 3000 names at the end that worked on this production."
[Show spoiler]"It was an eye-popping night, from the celebrity-filled red carpet to, more important, the action on screen."
"The movie offers technological wizardry, thanks to a 48 frames-per-second format, twice the industry standard. Critics who saw a trailer earlier this year were unimpressed, but after a minute or two of adjusting, the higher resolution is eye-popping, similar to discovering HD television for the first time."
"Lighter and funnier than its “Lord of the Rings” predecessors, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” remains faithful to the fantasy world last seen in the 2003 Academy Award-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.”"
Like all unexpected journeys, there are a few pitfalls along the way, most notably the tangential subplot surrounding bumbling wizard Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy), whose buffoonery at times descends into Jar Jar Binks territory.
Not want!!!
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The movie offers technological wizardry, thanks to a 48 frames-per-second format, twice the industry standard. Critics who saw a trailer earlier this year were unimpressed, but after a minute or two of adjusting, the higher resolution is eye-popping, similar to discovering HD television for the first time.
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Alas, the higher resolution has one downside: it really makes you wince when you see the obscenely corpulent Goblin King in such crystal clarity.
Like all unexpected journeys, there are a few pitfalls along the way, most notably the tangential subplot surrounding bumbling wizard Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy), whose buffoonery at times descends into Jar Jar Binks territory.
New it. Soon as i saw the blasted Sled pulled by rabbits and the birdcrap covered Radagast, i knew that Jackson would push the humour factor too far. Honestly...
LOL you guys. There's an embargo until next week, and that "review" is from the NY Daily News, a tabloid. Grain of salt required.
Even if that review were legit, though, I recall many comparing Merry and Pippin to Jar Jar back when FotR came out - and that was ridiculously off the mark.
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New it. Soon as i saw the blasted Sled pulled by rabbits and the birdcrap covered Radagast, i knew that Jackson would push the humour factor too far. Honestly...
Have you read the rest of the positive reactions, or we just gonna focus on that?
I have not seen it. But, I have not made assumptions about 48FPS 3D either way. I am only saying that people should wait to see 48FPS 3D before condemning it.
Have you read the rest of the positive reactions, or we just gonna focus on that?
Fly In The Ointment, sir. Why would Jackson feel the need to include 'bumbling comic wizard' Radagast in the film for some reason of bizarre comic relief when it's quite evident he is cranking up the humour factor for the rest of the film? I'm trying to work out what Jackson's motivation for it, that's all. If it turns out the rest of the book is adapted relatively unscathed (and i'm positively jazzed about Barry Humphries playing the Goblin King) then so be it. Simple: Don't subtract, just add if you must!
Fly In The Ointment, sir. Why would Jackson feel the need to include 'bumbling comic wizard' Radagast in the film for some reason of bizarre comic relief when it's quite evident he is cranking up the humour factor for the rest of the film? I'm trying to work out what Jackson's motivation for it, that's all. If it turns out the rest of the book is adapted relatively unscathed (and i'm positively jazzed about Barry Humphries playing the Goblin King) then so be it. Simple: Don't subtract, just add if you must!
I believe The Hobbit was humerous to begin with, certainly when I read it, i had a few good laughs. Though I can not remember much of Radagast .
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