The Hobbit has only humour and suspense, plus a brief moment of male bonding. Is The Hobbit more entertaining than The Fellowship of the Ring? Fellowship had emotional complexity, from the joy of the opening party to the despair of Gandalf's fall into shadow, from the romance of Aragorn and Arwen to the agony of Frodo's stabbing. The extra dimension was essential to Avatar, and helpful in Hugo, but with The Hobbit it's an annoyance. In 2D the hobbit hole has a warm glow, while in 3D it has a stark sharpness. Some scenes look like episodes of South Park, with flat cardboard figures moving about two metres in front of a flat cardboard landscape. But for me, this particular form of 3D diminishes rather than embellishes the story. Is 3D better than 2D? Every good story deserves embellishment, Frodo says, and Peter Jackson obviously agrees. Based on 17 hours of research, here are my answers to your questions … I spent the past week watching it, and also the extended director's cuts of The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The Fellowship of the Ring box set contains five discs, but to my relief only two of them involve the actual movie, now stretched to four hours. ''That's the only way to see it! Have a good time.'' ''The extended director's cut?'' I guess so. Curtains open promptly, and over the next 28 minutes we are shown five trailers, two of which are for the same movie ( Zero Dark Thirty), and 22 ads, which are very loud, presumably to enable a rush of relief when the movie proves to be slightly softer.ĭriving back from the multiplex, I drop in on my local video store and tell the man on the desk: ''I've just been to see The Hobbit …'' He interrupts: ''… And you want to compare it with The Lord of the Rings?'' Yes. The next day, I use my pass to attend the 10.30am session of The Hobbit in 3D. Audience cheers and starts discussing whether they should see The Hobbit again or use the pass for Les Miserables. Three hours later, as the end credits start to roll, the lights go up and the young woman returns with this announcement: "We will give everybody a refund on their ticket and a complimentary pass to any movie in this complex." Plus we can keep the glasses. But while there is none of the third dimension, there is more than enough of the fourth. Somehow the projector has shed an entire dimension.
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