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

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by fitprod

That not going to happen. It's not cost effective. - Having just watched the film in the HFR, I'll just say that it is the cleanest 3D image I've ever seen. That being said, it looks completely un-natural during movement, just like the god awful 120 / 240 hz crap all the tv manufactures are pushing on their televisions. (Moving to Cameron's 60fps is probably not going to solve this issue...)

I remember the early comments compared it to a "soap opera" image, and it dead on.

The Hobbit sequels will probably be the last two films we ever see @ 48fps, and then the HFR craze will go away when Cameron has completed his Avatar sequels, by 2016 or whenever they get released.

fitprod

HFR will have a hard roe to hoe because(especially, before Cinemacon) I think the expectations from the filmmakers were that with The Hobbit, they thought they would hit a home run out of the park, with the HFR version, that is.

People could argue that given the mixed reviews maybe they got a single or double (at most) with the HFR version. So, HFR pioneers dug themselves a hole from the get-go if they were looking towards HFR eventually supplanting 24fps. Unless they can improve upcoming offerings, HFR may very well be destined to become an ‘optional’ format, at best. Reviews indicate that the theatrical offerings were not immensely popular and HFR production is significantly more expensive than traditional 24fps.

Although, to be fair, I think it is difficult to judge something *different* based upon one offering. P.J. and crew should really emphasize the fact that this was a learning experience for them. This format is so new, it is actually difficult to even get proper calibration during color correction. I hope that there will be further refinements in the appearance of future offerings of HFR by P.J. and Jim C. because, aesthetics aside, HFR allows for brighter 3D and less flicker and motion artifacts (blur, strobing, judder) , which is an undeniable benefit to the 3D format. I would have loved to have seen this shot and exhibited in HFR…

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1792647/