Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second 607
bonch writes "Warner Bros. aired ten minutes of footage from The Hobbit at CinemaCon, and reactions have been mixed. The problem? Peter Jackson is filming the movie at 48 frames per second, twice the industry standard 24 frames per second, lending the film a '70s era BBC-video look.' However, if the negative response from film bloggers and theater owners is any indication, the way most people will see the movie is in standard 24fps."
From what, film hipsters? (Score:1, Funny)
I mean, the "it looks like a 70's era BBC documentary" gives you a hint there. Who the heck knows what a 70's era BBC documentary even looks like?
I'm sure it will be hated on as much as 3d though. "It looks too much like real life! Also it's new and therefore I hate it."
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:5, Funny)
No, he's frame-capped!
ba-dum-dum! The next show's at eleven!
So? (Score:5, Funny)
lending the film a '70s era BBC-video look
Well, it's a story about olden-times in England, isn't it?
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Habit (Score:5, Funny)
No, "Hobbit".
No need for 48 FPS...? (Score:0, Funny)
24 FPS ought to be enough for anybody.
Re:Just whiners (Score:2, Funny)
Film grain is ugly when you have a cinematographer who doesn't understand it well. It can be beautiful if done well. Check out Kubrick's Barry Lyndon or just about anything else he did to see examples of beautiful grain. Avoid the Blu-ray releases. Most have removed the grain because too many modern viewers don't appreciate it. Kubrick would be rolling in his grave if such a thing were possible. Video has taught us that grain is bad because of the poor low light rendering of digital cameras compared to film and noisy compression that can't handle the dynamic range necessary for smooth gradients that film has no trouble with.
Re:Modern 120Hz+ HDTVs (Score:3, Funny)
I totally understand. When I got my HDTV I found the wide aspect ratio to be completely annoying. So I taped black construction paper to the left and right side of the screen, and while it isn't perfect, it is a lot less visually jarring.
Re:Just whiners (Score:5, Funny)
I want it to look like a fantasy and that is what 24 fps makes it look like.
Fair enough. For a nominal fee, your local movie theater will set your 3D glasses to black out every other frame, so you can enjoy 48FPS Hobbits at 24FPS.
Re:Can people actually tell the difference? (Score:4, Funny)
Is that what happened to the original trilogy for LotR too?
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:5, Funny)
Strobe lighting, obviously.
Good news for profits (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Can You SHow Me (Score:2, Funny)
You mean Bilbo is wearing a brown knitted tank-top plus dungerees and a bowler hat ?
Re:You moron... (Score:5, Funny)
You could of been nicer about that, you know.
Re:Can people actually tell the difference? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:4, Funny)
This is exactly I am unable to leave the basement. The frame-rates "outside" literally make my brain hurt.
Well, I like the great resolution they have "outside", but the graphics for people and critters aren't very realistic. I saw something they called a "squirrel" and it didn't have any tentacles!
Re:Another fucking moron... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is it "too real"? (Score:5, Funny)
I think this is evolutions way of saying "Don't have children, dudes."
I'm in that category for other reasons. (Autoimmune. Besides I'd rather build a robot with my own AI)
So you think he shouldn't reproduce just because he's unable to watch certain types of television? WTF? That's one of the lamest criteria for deciding whether to reproduce. Hell, I bet some people would say that's a sign he should reproduce like crazy and create a bunch of kids who are physiologically forced to go outside and play.
Re:You moron... (Score:5, Funny)
"Then" and "than" are basically the same, for all intensive purposes.
Re:Change (Score:5, Funny)
People are used to high frame rates. Its not like 3D where it actually makes some people feel sick.
As for the GP stating "Every time I see a high fps recording of something the motion looks like it's going to fast.", I don't see that at all. It just looks normal, it doesn't look faster at all. Its just smooth and realistic.
The physical universe has a pretty good framerate -- about 8.3*10^16fps, according to Planck -- and it's in 3D too! I've never heard a sober person complain about either of these two things.