Current Events > Remember the high frame rate of the Hobbit movies?

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Remember how it looked like absolute shit and people were defending it and wanting it to be a new standard for film?

Thank god that didn't happen.

I definitely like my big epic movies to look the same way as a day time soap opera. It's like a whole movie looks like behind the scenes footage.

The alt text of this comic is relevant: https://xkcd.com/732/

It gave Mrs. Devsman a headache.

the movies were fine. They were just 7 or 8/10 instead of 10/10 which was LotR

FrozenBananas posted...

the movies were fine. They were just 7 or 8/10 instead of 10/10 which was LotR

I mean... No.

They were 5/10, 3/10 and 0/10 movies.

But that's not even the point. I'm just talky about Peter Jackson's nutty high frame rate crusade.

Wasn't the issue the movie was shot in 3D HFR, with an emphasis on the 3D part vs the HFR part? This article discusses it.

https://gizmodo.com/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-masterclass-in-why-48-fps-fai-5969817

But yeah, even that aside, the OG Trilogy was much better than the Hobbit Trilogy. Splitting a single novel into 3 movies wasn't a good idea.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f923d150.jpg

No, because theaters showed both versions and I saw the regular framerate ones.

I vividly remember seeing the prologue opening of the first film and there's some shots of villagers running around their hovel homes while the dragon passes by and I specifically thought it looked like someone took their go pro camera and shot at a renaissance fair.

I never saw the high frame rate version. But when the first high refresh tvs came out they also looked like shit and everyone claimed it was better. Now tv manufacturers have a more natural looking animation imo

Of all the reasons to complain about those movies, that's the one you choose?

Southernfatman posted...

I definitely like my big epic movies to look the same way as a day time soap opera. It's like a whole movie looks like behind the scenes footage.

I didn't see hobbits in middle earth. I saw actors dressed as hobbits on a soundstage, with a little bit of Benny Hill movement thrown in for good measure.

Southernfatman posted...

I definitely like my big epic movies to look the same way as a day time soap opera. It's like a whole movie looks like behind the scenes footage.

You watch too much TV, man.

ChocoboMogALT posted...

Of all the reasons to complain about those movies, that's the one you choose?

No?

Southernfatman posted...

I definitely like my big epic movies to look the same way as a day time soap opera. It's like a whole movie looks like behind the scenes footage.

there was a point in the 2010s when hi-def was all the rage where it seemed every movie and tv show looked like that I couldnt fucking stand it