I saw the first film and that was more than enough. I won't buy or rent the rest. Maybe watch it on "free" cable if I see it. Probably in Spanish since the Spanish station seems to get all the blockbuster movies way before the English speaking ones! (To bad I only know a few words of Spanish)
For those people citing the supposed sped-up movements of characters in HFR, please note I've spoken to four different people over the weekend - all who saw the Hobbit at standard frame rate - and they all commented on this too.
And I distinctly recall some of the scsnes in the LOTR trilogy where character movement appeared sped up.
Perhaps Peter Jackson is just a big fan of Benny Hill.
Personally I think Jackson is a very average director and a below-average writer.
Outside of the LOTR movies, im struggling to think of a film he has done which was any good - certain,y not King Kong (one word- terrible) or The Frighteners (one word - boring).
Jackson is one of those people filmmakers who in my view had luck which was massively disproportionate to his actual talent and has made a career out of having been given vast budgets to make amateur home movies.
The Hobbit trilogy is a case in point,. Leaving aside the fact that the source material was only ever enough to make one movie, Jackson assembled what was effectively a 3-movie video game, linked together by a serise of ham-fistedly directed cut scenes.
Christ alone knows how risible his oft-talked about remake of the Dam Busters will turn out. I would guess it will be 4 hours of very poorly written character development topped off by a two hour scene of the attack on the Ruhr dams where the CGi s used to created thousands and thousands of Lancaster bombers because more is better, according to Jackson.
Personally I think Jackson is a very average director and a below-average writer.
Outside of the LOTR movies, im struggling to think of a film he has done which was any good - certain,y not King Kong (one word- terrible) or The Frighteners (one word - boring).
Jackson is one of those people filmmakers who in my view had luck which was massively disproportionate to his actual talent and has made a career out of having been given vast budgets to make amateur home movies.
The Hobbit trilogy is a case in point,. Leaving aside the fact that the source material was only ever enough to make one movie, Jackson assembled what was effectively a 3-movie video game, linked together by a serise of ham-fistedly directed cut scenes.
Christ alone knows how risible his oft-talked about remake of the Dam Busters will turn out. I would guess it will be 4 hours of very poorly written character development topped off by a two hour scene of the attack on the Ruhr dams where the CGi s used to created thousands and thousands of Lancaster bombers because more is better, according to Jackson.
Wasn't he also linked to a remake of The Champions?
Well I do think he has a creative eye. There's some spectacular imagery in the LOTR films. But yeah his stories are bloated and the actors performances only serviceable. (A few stand out)
The Hobbit is a huge step down even in the visuals department, based on the first film and clips Ive seen of the other two. I also saw the teaser of Smug burning the village and it was incredibly dull. No drama in the sequence at all. Also I'm soooo sick to death of his signature camera move, which is a slow arc backward pan.
Wasn't he also linked to a remake of The Champions?
God I hope not - 17 hours of footage before they even get to Tibet, a quick nota he of how they get their powers, 5 hours of getting Sterling, McReady and Barrett nto a situation and then 27 seconds of them deploying their powers.
And doubtless Jackson will caset some asexual to replace the uber-hot (and sadly missed ) Alexandra Bastedo.
