The Hobbit Trilogy 3D Blu-ray (2012-2014) [Region Free]

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Originally Posted by Livelong420

It's not like Tolkein translates that well into film. It's so so so dry.

The Hobbit is going to look fantastic on a 4K set, not to mention in theaters!

I kind of feel that way about The Two Towers, the book and the movie, as good as they are. Gollum really helps the Two Towers remain interesting, along with the other great performances, though the story is less of an adventure and more of a film to save the humans in Helm's Deep, with a last stand effort. Return of the King and Fellowship have more variety and tempo it seems, for the books also.

Disappointed the extended Fellowship didn't include Frodo in the Barrow Downs, with the evil Wight capturing him. That was a great scene in the book.


HOBBIT 3D: Less than 20 days away. December 14, 2012.

Filming in 3D, and possibly converted shots? In the first trilogy, they would often use Forced Perspective to create the illusion of a tiny hobbit standing or sitting next to a giant human. They'd also use the very effective blue screen shots, where one guy would be in the scene, then wait for the other hobbit sized guy to enter it in a retake, then combine the two. Plus the use of tiny humans with masks for far shots.

With that in mind, if they used forced perspective in Hobbit 3D, those shots would have to be filmed in 2D and then converted, since being filmed in 3D would have revealed the depth, resulting in the 2D technique's 3D flaw.

A lot of commercial previews on TV now for Hobbit 1 3D.