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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

i refuse to watch 3d movies, but i have to wonder if your dissatisfaction with this hobbit 3d movie is more of a theatre-related problem, rather than the creative process of the show itself: "The Hobbit will also be the first 3D movie recorded and exhibited digitally at 48 frames... Jackson, he says, “wants it to be an immersive experience. Once you’ve made the decision to go 3D, you’ve moved away from the ‘normal’ cinematic experience. Traditionally, cinema has been 2D. Once you go to 3D you are trying to make it more realistic.” Shooting at 48fps, notes Olssen, is primarily to reduce strobbing and flicker that causes eyestrain for the 3D version of the movie — the 2D version will be exhibited at 24fps. “You increase the frame rate and it’s more comfortable to watch. Reducing eyestrain is a good thing.” http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-M... 24fps is weak sauce as well, it's a holdover from the film days, a marginal compromise to save money, it should have been dispensed with on these digitally shot movies... unfortunately there still aren't very many movie houses with digital projectors.
— December 15, 2012 9:48 a.m.