Eames Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Watch it in TwoD. Always better than ThreeD which is just a massive gimmick - 30% colour loss and in most circumstances adds nothing to any of the movies I have seen in ThreeD. **This opinion may be solely based on the fact that my stupid wonky eyes can't process steroscopy properly** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 so the only Bham cinema showing the Hobbit in 48fps 3D is Star City, correct? looks like i'll have to go watch it there in that case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Looper - 6 out of 10 tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 just about to stick the dark knight rises on...well I will see if I can get past the special features first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 for anyone who is interested, christmas films schedule - weekend 21st - sky - a christmas wedding tale, hugo, MI 4, descendants, dark horse Christmas eve - sky - muppets BBC - santa clause, prince caspian, nightmare before christmas, roger rabbit, lady and the tramp, christmas carol (09), nativity ITV - how the grinch stole christmas 4 - muppets CC followed by scrooged (utter win) 5 - mistletoe over manhatten, scrooge, lost holiday Christmas day - sky - tin tin BBC - madagascar 2, shrek forever after ITV - aladdin, tangled, couples retreat 4 - wizard of oz, LOTR FotR, airplane! 5 - gone with the wind, trading christmas, the santa incident Boxing day - BBC - how to train your dragon, cars, bolt, enchanted, miss potter, alice in wonderland (10), blades of glory ITV - land of the lost, toy story 2, the holiday 4 - horton hears a who, edward scissorhands, LOTR TT, wuthering heights, airplane 2 5 - will you merry me nothing overly amazing, muppets followed by scrooged is an absolute must IMO and sky are having a great weekend on the 21st, stand out film for me on normal TV is how to train your dragon, brilliant film, biggest disappointment will be shrek, dont do it to yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Currently watching Eric Bana's Hulk. Dreadful . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2012 Don't make me Ang Lee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Don't make me Ang Lee. Are you anti Taiwanese? Never too early for Stewart Lee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Skyfall 7/10 I really enjoyed it million times better than QoS but not as good as Casino Royale My main gripes James Bond is meant to be a spy but based on this viewing he's becoming more of a Hitman/Jason Bourne than spy he undertakes spying what 2 times in the entire movie? The last 20 mins felt so out of place and rediculous tbh.... Javier Bardem made a good villain though that hair... I also liked the way they tried to meld in the retro bond themes and the idea of him becoming a much older dog than a young pup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Currently watching Eric Bana's Hulk. Dreadful . I thought the Graham Norton version wasn't much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I can see the 'is it really a Bond film?' argument, it is quite obvious in some places this was a film directed by a man with a background in theatre. However, that worked in its favour for me. I've always found Bond a bit vacuous and, well, never terribly interesting. This film at least adressed that and made the three main characters carry the film. It still has moments of completely daft action as is the norm for Bond films, but the added depth did make it stand head and shoulders above the rest of them, with the possible exception of Casino Royale which was a breath of fresh air when it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2012 The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey reviews are dropping everywhere today. General feeling is mixed. It's apparently very slow to get going, with a better second half, and pretty much everyone has had problems with the film technically. I think this might be a film that is going to betray it's problematic development, with a lot of padding to stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The Hobbit is about a 3 hour film at the very most. Christ knows how he's going to get 3 films out of the book. I found the LOTR tedious after the first one so wont be in a rush to see these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2012 I think it would feel rushed as a 3 hour film. A fair amount happens in the Hobbit (though admittedly, mostly from the middle of the story onwards) that I think if you wanted to really do justice to the spectacle of it, needs more than 180 minutes to breathe. Thats why I felt the 2 film idea would work well, and maybe give you some room to do some of the wider fiction Tolkein had, stuff like the Necromancer which happens around the time of the Hobbit but isn't mentioned in the book and only turns up in Tolkeins other work and appendices. The Hobbit could be broken into 2 decent length parts and feel quite satisfying. 3 might be pushing it. I do think the coming films won't suffer from the slow start the first apparently does which might help them, though. I'll be very interested to see how it lives as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Saw Alex Cross tonight. Absolutely terrible film, one of the worst I ve seen so far this year. It honestly makes me wonder how films like this are made and that if someone gave me the money they spent making this I could make a better film. A combination of terrible acting and no plot worth mentioning. Avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hobbit and HFR good and very informative article on it all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Waiting for the wife to go to bed so I can watch this new batman thing in peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 nothing great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 5, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2012 But Bane with subtitles definitely helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Probably best if you watch most of Nolan's films with subtitles. I don't know who does his sound mixing but having Hans Zimmer and the Heavy Percussion Manifesto banging away regardless of what is happening in a scene is very, very irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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