Duck, it's the Film Curmudgeon! (Non-spoilery short overview of The Hobbit.)

[amanuensis1]

The Hobbit: Way, way, WAY too long. I was writhing. There's some genuinely charming stuff in there, but most scenes are five times as long as they should be, and every major scene is played out five times over. Pacing, Peter, PACING. The Hobbit is an entertaining, nicely-paced book. Why bog it down so badly with all that extra filler?

(Except The Riddle Game. The Riddle Game was fabulous. The movie should have been The Riddle Game plus one hour. And that's all it should have been.)

My suggestion: stay home, wait for someone to cobble together a heavily edited-down version. You won't, but if you did I think you'd be happier.

Peter, you've got a chance to correct this with the next two. Edit them down. Don't pull a Lucas on us.

(Nothing to do with the film content, but I absolutely hated the 48 fps release. It looked like videotape. Please do not let this be a trend that lasts, ugh.)

Comments

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Please do not let this be a trend that lasts, ugh.

*sighs* I'm still hoping that the larger 3D trend dies. I don't have sufficiently binocular vision to watch 3D, and of course my local theatre never runs the 2D version of these things.

[percygranger]

Have you heard of 2D glasses? http://www.2d-glasses.com/

I'm fine with 3D myself, but I know plenty of people who get headaches and such...these seem to be a good solution.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting! It's not so much that I get a headache, but the vision in one eye has been significantly weaker than the other one for so many years that apparently my brain has stopped seeking equal feedback from it - which in the theatre means that I'm stuck with the odd feeling of looking through my eyes separately, negating the 3D effects.

I suppose if the fad continues (and if they ever stop charging an extra $3 for the "privilege" of 3D), I might have to try out something like this.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those who actually loves 3D, so now I'm getting a taste of what it's like for the people who hate it and have to put up with their friends wanting to see it in 3D.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

3D sucks. I have perfectly fine vision, but I would prefer the STORY and CHARACTERS to make the film for me, not the effects.