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ramblin_rosie) wrote2012-12-19 09:17 pm
ramblin_rosie) wrote2012-12-19 09:17 pm
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Far over the Misty Mountains cold...
So, The Hobbit Part 1. LOVED. As usual, there were moments of "Yup, PJ's a horror director" and "Does this battle *need* to be this long?" (but none were on a par with Helm's Deep for overkill...), and a few of the jokes really weren't necessary. But overall, I was having too much fun to care about those bits. We were BACK, and everybody's just as brilliant as they were ten years ago. I didn't squee audibly, but I did squee pretty often internally!
I do have to confess that there were moments where I kept waiting for the Fellowship theme, and I did kind of expect Pippin's song from ROTK to make an appearance at a certain point (that's in the trailer, so I don't really consider it a spoiler). BUT. The places where Howard Shore did bring back themes from LOTR were spot on, and the rest of the score was fabulous.
As for 2D vs. 3D: We splurged on 3D, since this was our first viewing and we wanted to absorb as much of the detail the team had put in for 3D as we could. I took a non-drowsy Dramamine beforehand, which my friend said later had probably been a good idea, and had no real trouble with it apart from my eyes feeling tired by the last half-hour-ish. I didn't notice many places where the action came off the screen, but there was quite a lot of depth to many of the scenes that brought out details like fabric texture and scale. I kept thinking about allllll the details in LOTR that were put in, like tone-on-tone embroidery on the clothes, but that didn't necessarily register on camera or for the audience--yet you would have been able to tell if those elements were missing. And I felt like I was able to register more of those details with 3D. So 3D is a richer experience, I would guess, but it's not like you'll totally lose that richness in 2D.
So yeah. Very pleased with this installment and can't wait for Part 2!
I do have to confess that there were moments where I kept waiting for the Fellowship theme, and I did kind of expect Pippin's song from ROTK to make an appearance at a certain point (that's in the trailer, so I don't really consider it a spoiler). BUT. The places where Howard Shore did bring back themes from LOTR were spot on, and the rest of the score was fabulous.
As for 2D vs. 3D: We splurged on 3D, since this was our first viewing and we wanted to absorb as much of the detail the team had put in for 3D as we could. I took a non-drowsy Dramamine beforehand, which my friend said later had probably been a good idea, and had no real trouble with it apart from my eyes feeling tired by the last half-hour-ish. I didn't notice many places where the action came off the screen, but there was quite a lot of depth to many of the scenes that brought out details like fabric texture and scale. I kept thinking about allllll the details in LOTR that were put in, like tone-on-tone embroidery on the clothes, but that didn't necessarily register on camera or for the audience--yet you would have been able to tell if those elements were missing. And I felt like I was able to register more of those details with 3D. So 3D is a richer experience, I would guess, but it's not like you'll totally lose that richness in 2D.
So yeah. Very pleased with this installment and can't wait for Part 2!
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That's it, exactly. :)
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