Google it, I'm sure Peter Jackson made a comment regarding it that you might've overlooked.

Greed.

You should calm down son.

I'M CAAAAAAAALM!!

Has anybody else watched the hobbit in "48fps" yet? it is getting hammered everywhere for it..kinda worried now :(

Define everywhere? i have been reading alot of positive impressions on HFR as well, i think its a matter of a personal taste how you like to see it.
I for one will watch it in 3D with HFR since thats something new so I am curious. Many say it takes like 10-15 minutes to get used to it, i am okay with that, kind of like how 3D first came out and it takes time for the eyes to adjust.
Though problem is if I dislike HFR version I have to stay for the entire 3 hour movie lol.

Besides, once it comes out on Blu Ray it will be normal movie speed. And IF i liked the movie alot i will watch it again in theaters a few days after, but then I know if it will be with HFR or regular 2D.

IMDB for starters..

as for WHY he made it into 3 movies, read EMPIRE recent write up of it with peter jackson.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/hobbit-dwarf-...

that was from same magazine i do not know if it is there though, but it is something for you too read.

But i do not think Peter Jackson turned it into 3 movies for the sake of money, he wanted lord of the rings to be 2 movies, new line talked him into 3.. technically he made 8 with that run time..

I checked alot of IMDB threads and the official thread at Neogaf, many seems to like it, but there is also people who didnt. Again, its up to the person to decide how they want to see it, but considering its something new I think it wont kill us to atleast try it once...unless one is very strongly against it then watch it in traditional form.

The Hobbit. Love love loved it. EPIC.

Great detailed impressions lol
Give us something here, pacing? HFR or normal?....anything.

I saw it in 2D and the non-HFR version. Just as a side-note, I've only seen one 3D film before and absolutely hated it - not the film, but the 3D - so am never going to see another one again.

I would say that, if you loved the LOTR film, you will undoubtedly love this. It's more of the same and that's what I wanted. If you didn't, then you may view it as a little stale in terms of the formula - although my mate who's a film critic/buff wasn't a massive fan of LOTR, but gave The Hobbit five stars in his review and absolutely loved it.

It's probably most comparable to Fellowship of the Ring in terms of style; emphasis on the characters, bit more personable, and a bit more foreboding in terms of the bigger conflict to come. But the characters, performances, locations, effects, music, fighting, emotion - just all top, top notch.

Pacing's pretty much spot on. A little slow to get going I guess, but I got the sense that the slower beginning is intended to re-introduce you to Middle-earth and the various locations.

I'm so happy it got made, and even happier that there are two more films to come. There's just nothing like it for me, hadn't been that excited to see a film at the cinema since, funnily enough, Return of the King came out.

Ah so 3D thing is a personal thing, i will watch it first in 3D HFR to see whats about, and IF its as good as you make it out to be I will decide if its worth 3HFR again OR regular 2D version.

Also, I LOVE Middle Earth LOTR universe and since you like it as much as well I am probably gonna love it as well, all the scenes I seen from it on youtube I didt have any complaints so, so far so good.

I dont mind a bit of slow beginnings, especially if they want to introduce characters. I for one havent read the books, i know practically nothing about Hobbit other than whats been said and showned from the extended editions of LOTR.
I know this though, Thorin looks badass from design so i hope he is great on screen as he is on design. My next favorite is Fili, same thing lol.

I have heard the OST, there are a few i like i alot, Misty Mountains, "main theme" among, but IMO LOTR OSTs was way better, especially Bridge of Kazak-Dum.
I will definitely go and watch it this upcoming week.

Why not watch regular first then watch the 3d version? then you can see if it adds anything to the experience or just some shit tacked on crap.

Yeah I know, but what if the movie was good but not worth watching it again in theaters then I dont know how the experience is like in 3d version of it.

Fair enough :)

Not only that but I will get the movie in blu ray extended so that will be only 2D normal so no harm done really.

Saw it.

i did not like the ending it was shit, the fucking spider just made me laugh.. way to ruin a scary as fuck bad guy *thumbs up* oh well remake soon :D

PS.. i know what you meant lol

I saw it, it was very good, but IMO it wasent marvelous. It had some unesseccary scenes like with Frodo, with Smeagol, not much but they could have removed them.
CGI was fantastic IMO, some rare palces i could tale it was poorly made, but overal it was great.

Azog AKA demon Kratos, damn he looked badass, and thats not something I usually say to an demon/monster but he looked awesome lol. I also liked that the orcs used blackspeech than plain english, very cool.

Musicwise, I heard them all before movie, even though I love the main theme ALOT, it was overused.

Another thing that caught me off guard, as a mlee fan of weapons, I was surprised how well these dwarves like Thorin, Fili, Kili and even old one Balin was so flashy with their swing, jumping and slashing, great stuff.

CGI was great but used TOO much. They should have used humans for the orcs and goblins here and there like LOTR...not saying they didnt do so in Hobbit but not enough.
And great sweeping vistas as well.

IMO, Fellowship of the Ring is still the best thing Jackson has created, And then probably LOTR3 and then Hobbit and then TTT.

But Hobbit on its own merits, it was great with some boring and unesseccary scenes here and there.

Will I watch it again? definitely, maybe in 1-2 weeks from now but this time in regular 2D.
The 3D+HFR was nothing special to me tbh. The 3D was well...3D. And the HFR, pretty much all HDTV has that quick motion thing option, and I watched one of the LOTR movies like that so I was used to seeing quick scenes so it didnt wow me, nor dissapoint. It was what I expected.

I agree with everything you said.

Also Orcrist and Glamdring should have glowed man, WTF at Jackson for removing that.

Stupid beyond belief.

No idea why they didnt, I didnt know until you told me weeks ago.
I hope Hobbit 2 and 3 is much better, great movie still though.

Glamdring never glowed in LOTR either