The Hobbit

[kevinpate]

SoonerDave, while my daughter and fam were here over Christmas holiday, they took my granddaughter to see Wreck it at the Warren on 12/28 as one of her 5th b-day presents. Sorry you had to end up at QSM.

I need to get up to Moore to see the Hobbit myself.

[SoonerDave]

As far as the "soap opera" effect goes, I must admit I'm (apparently) in a minority.

Many new TV shows are shot and processed digitally from start to finish, and have this same "soap opera" effect of the higher frame rate that old analog tape had, only even more pronounced. Many production companies would then take their original production and "filmify" it to make it look like it was filmed, and in all honesty I *hated* that effect. I *like* the live-to-tape visual effect, and I think the effect in movies is just giving us a more vivid realization of what's on screen. We're obviously starting to hit some eyeball and brain "sensitivity parameters" (for lack of a better term) in how our brains process images, and part of that is a learned behavior over umpteen years of TV and movie watching with existing technology.

I've seen, as an example, National Treasure II on BluRay on a big screen and the effect is incredible, IMHO, because the images are so vivid. There is definitely a dimensional quality to them that is not present on "traditional" film.

Its going to be interesting to see how things in the "bizness" evolve in the coming years to adapt to these varying/evolving tastes.

[SoonerDave]

SoonerDave, while my daughter and fam were here over Christmas holiday, they took my granddaughter to see Wreck it at the Warren on 12/28 as one of her 5th b-day presents. Sorry you had to end up at QSM.

I need to get up to Moore to see the Hobbit myself.

Yeah, there was only one show of Wreck It Ralph at the Warren yesterday, and it was at 11AM, and there just wasn't any way we could work that one out logistically. Wasn't sure what to expect from it, but the more I watched, the more I enjoyed it. I think it was one of the most creative movies I've seen in a long time, and did a masterful job of rolling in hallmarks of the 80's into a story young kids who see PacMan as archaic technology could enjoy as something contemporary and fun. While I'm not a big fan of 3D, I left the theater wishing I'd been able to see it in 3D.

[MadMonk]

This. It's great.

And I can't tell you how stinking spoiled rotten I've become by the Warren. My daughter wanted to go see "Wreck it Ralph" for her birthday last night, and the only place I could find was the AMC at Quail Springs. While it was a nice, basic theater, the place wasn't vacuumed, the seats were hard and didn't rock, the row in front of you was knocking your knees, etc. etc., and I realized, "oh, wait, this isn't the Warren."

Mind you, I'm not at all knocking the AMC at QSM. It was perfectly fine and we enjoyed the movie very much. But it just wasn't the Warren. Those guys have returned movie watching into an experience again.

Like I said, spoiled rotten. I can hardly wait until the new Trek movie shows up at the Warren IMAX in 4.5 months.

I hear ya. I think I've spoiled my kids now. As we were leaving, they said that when the 2nd Hobbit movie comes out, "we HAVE to see it here". I wish they would get a similar "experience-oriented" theater closer to the north side of town. It's hard to justify the 45 minute drive, except for special occasions. I'm a lot closer to QSM, but the IMAX screen there just isn't the same.

[Richard at Remax]

Saw it last night at Harkins. Thought it was great, and don't really get why the critics are so ho hum about it.