Inside I am a 14 year old, nerdy boy who couldn't wait long enough until season 2 of Game of Thrones came out so read all the books in anticipation. So naturally I LOVE Lord of the Rings and much of my teenage life, along with many of my generation, were filled with nightmares of Orcs.
I wasn't totally sold on The Hobbit before I saw the first one. Creating three movies out of one, relatively short, book seemed a bit of stretch. And the talking dragon bit seemed pretty lame. (Both of these points I stand by). But still it's basically Lord of the Rings and exactly the kind of film I literally adore so of course I'm a big fan and the final movie completely lived up to expectations.
When I visited London over New Years it was a necessity to go back to the amazing BFI IMAX, the largest screen in Britain don't cha know, to watch the final installation in 3D. I don't know if it was the fact that the Hobbit was painstakingly shot in real 3D no fake 2D shizzle turned via post-production into 3D here OR that I have just gotten new glasses and finally could see properly OR that I've just got so used to the underwhelming Salzburg cinema scene over the last 18 months but the experience was literally unreal.
I think it was the first time I ever actually experienced the 3D movie experience - which to me was always a bit of a gimic anyway and I didn't understand all of these people harping on at http://www.realorfake3d.com/ even one bit. I was quite literally on the edge of my seat, jumping at every hideous orc face lurching out of the screen, walking down the destroyed villages after the dragon attack - it's basically worth visiting London for, even ignoring the rest of the city.
Essentially the BFI London IMAX ruined going to the cinema for me. Thanks a lot.
I wasn't totally sold on The Hobbit before I saw the first one. Creating three movies out of one, relatively short, book seemed a bit of stretch. And the talking dragon bit seemed pretty lame. (Both of these points I stand by). But still it's basically Lord of the Rings and exactly the kind of film I literally adore so of course I'm a big fan and the final movie completely lived up to expectations.
When I visited London over New Years it was a necessity to go back to the amazing BFI IMAX, the largest screen in Britain don't cha know, to watch the final installation in 3D. I don't know if it was the fact that the Hobbit was painstakingly shot in real 3D no fake 2D shizzle turned via post-production into 3D here OR that I have just gotten new glasses and finally could see properly OR that I've just got so used to the underwhelming Salzburg cinema scene over the last 18 months but the experience was literally unreal.
I think it was the first time I ever actually experienced the 3D movie experience - which to me was always a bit of a gimic anyway and I didn't understand all of these people harping on at http://www.realorfake3d.com/ even one bit. I was quite literally on the edge of my seat, jumping at every hideous orc face lurching out of the screen, walking down the destroyed villages after the dragon attack - it's basically worth visiting London for, even ignoring the rest of the city.
Essentially the BFI London IMAX ruined going to the cinema for me. Thanks a lot.
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