The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey (2012) 2D/3D - March 19, 2013 Reviews

[goldie1970]

Strange....regular blu ray says "preorder". 3d says "buy now"

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by goldie1970

Strange....regular blu ray says "preorder". 3d says "buy now"

Amazon has the regular blu-ray as pre-order and the 3D as currently unavailable when I look it up.

[Falaskan]

This is tempting, only because I don't know if the EE version of The Hobitt will be worth it.

[obriensg1]

I'm with you. I thought the film was decent, and I was holding out to only buy an extended but I don't think the individual Hobbit films really need to be extended any more.

If I can land a good price on 3D I might grab it. I will at some point get the extended. Depending on which cut I like better, I'll sell one copy.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Excited for this, but just like most, Ill wait for the EE. I cant afford double dipping these days(plus being from the Philippines). I hope I dont have to wait long for the EE though.

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by HomerThompson

Weird that the 3D artwork is a scene from the second film. Even as a temp.

The temp artwork was put up before the split into three films (the scene was originally in An Unexpected Journey) and just never changed. It's possible that it's not even from the studio.

[Steelers629]

I'll probably end up getting both. I know I'm going to want to watch it before the extended comes out.

$20.99 is a fair preorder price and I still have a $5 amazon credit from the FB promotion a week or 2 ago.

[SolidBlu]

temptations, temptations thinking if I will double dip since I have not seen this in theater

[BluBrown]

I'll get both the theatrical and extended releases. I've done it for Lord of the Rings on both DVD and Blu-ray so why stop now.

[rickah88]

Will add the theatrical to my Netflix queue, and wait to buy the Extended...I wonder which will arrive first!

[MovieSeer]

Like many here, I'm game for both the theatrical and the extended. People tend to think that adding the extra footage does not make any difference, thus resulting in what they may called just a bloated version of the original, but what I found quite true with the LOTR EEs is that once the extra footage was added in, the films went to a whole new level. That reasoning, in my opinion, would warrant buying both since you would basically have two, subtly different movies. Now I'm not going to debate whether having The Hobbit within three films is extension enough already, for everyone has the right to feel either way, but I welcome both since I love Peter Jackson's work with this material. Bottom line in this case, I don't feel less is more.

[cricepng]

Although I got my pre-order for the 3D in before it became unavailable, I decided to go ahead an pre-order the regular blu-ray just in case they don't honor the 3D pre-order. My son is looking forward to Saturday March 23 as that will be his first chance to see it. He's 10 and had to read the book first. Now he is reading through LOTR so he can watch that triology upon our return to Papua New Guinea in the summer. In the past two weeks he has finished Fellowship and Two Towers and has made a good start into Return of the King.

[zafisher94]

Sorry for the probably obvious question, but will the 2D bd be played in higher frame rate?

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by Steelers629

I'll probably end up getting both. I know I'm going to want to watch it before the extended comes out.

^^^ = renting

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

^^^ = renting

there is 1 place in my area that you can rent movies anymore....and i'm pretty sure they don't even have blu-rays.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by zafisher94

Sorry for the probably obvious question, but will the 2D bd be played in higher frame rate?

There won't be any HFR BD release. I don't think players have enough bandwidth for that.

[benderal]

I know this isn't news, but it kills me is that they will release the theatrical version in March only to then release an extended version in December. I get the point is to make more money. I guess I'd like to know what the plans are for the extended version with 3D, the number of discs and extras. I know I don't have to buy this movie twice, but since I have the movie disease I may just end up doing so.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by benderal

I know this isn't news, but it kills me is that they will release the theatrical version in March only to then release an extended version in December. I get the point is to make more money. I guess I'd like to know what the plans are for the extended version with 3D, the number of discs and extras. I know I don't have to buy this movie twice, but since I have the movie disease I may just end up doing so.

i would expect something similar to each of the EE releases for LOTR as far as extras go.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

i would expect something similar to each of the EE releases for LOTR as far as extras go.

Exactly. The Theatrical Cuts will have fluffy extras. And the EE will be for the hardcore fans.

Plus they'll also serve as hype for the next film in the series that opens shortly after the release.

Does make you wonder how they'll handle the Extended Cut of Smaug though. Since Hobbit 3 opens in Mid-2015 instead.

[Cabby]

The LOTR EE actually added something to the movie story-wise. I mean The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was already over-stuffed and poorly paced as it was. I still loved it but I cannot see how much they can possibly add that will help the film. I think the theatrical cut will do for me. If the EE is truly worth it and somehow (and I don't see how it could) fixes the pacing and bloated running-time of the theatrical cut, I'll just trade in my TC and get the EE but for now I'll definitely get the theatrical cut because I'm pretty sure that will end up being the most watchable cut of the movie without it being over-stuffed.