They have 120 Hz TVs, of course you can watch something that's shot at 48 FPS on them.

Most sports are shown in 60 FPS.

I had to read the book in HS and I wanted to shoot myself. There were only 150 different midget characters that you had to keep up with. :#

Any word if they are doing extended versions?

I read that the Extend Edition will come out in the fall. It's unsure if it will be available in 3D at this time.

There is no reason you can't put a 48 fps version on an extended edition release. Even if someone's TV doesn't support it (I can't imagine why though), you can watch any digital video file on your computer.

F them if they don't release this in HFR.

Watched it over the weekend. Really wasn't impressed at all. It was amazing to me how poorly done the CGI was. Things just looked so fake in this. Even some of the landscapes looked obviously fake. The dwarfs characters were just not interesting at all.

its funny how different peoples reactions are to this. I went in not expecting much, but really ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Admittedly, i was never the biggest LoTRs fan, so i thought this was better.

I do agree some of the CGI work( mainly the backgrounds) looked fake. It felt like they used more real locations in the original trilogy. I need to sit down and watch the original trilogy again sometime.

LotR blew this crap away.

First off, let me state I've never read the books.
Second, I know this is fantasy world.


But I just don't understand the powers of Gandolf.

One minute he can hold up his staff and blast hundreds of bad guys away in one shot of light, and the next minute he is running like a pussy from some goblins. Did his mana pool need to regenerate? Is there downtime on certain spells?

In the hobbit, he calls in a bunch of birds to come lift them off away from danger....

Why didn't Gandalf call the birds from get go, so they could've made their way to the dwarf mountain a shit load faster while avoiding all of that danger?
Why did the birds drop them off on a cliff that was still miles away from their destination instead of taking them closer?

I suppose with my logic, there wouldn't be a gazillion books.... but that kind of stuff bothers me.

Your applying too much logic. : )

errr...wait -- when does he blast hundreds of bad guys away in one shot of light?

The short of the short of the answer is that Gandalf is a Maia, basically a demi-god, similar in KIND (but not necessarily power) to Sauron, the Balrogs and the other wizards. His "power" is much more in the nature of being very wise and being able to lift the spirits of those who have little/no hope. This isn't Harry Potter or D&D, where wizards can blow stuff up. Gandalf does have a powerful magic ring which was given to him which is attuned to fire, which gives him much more control/ability in that area than might otherwise be the case.

Yes, well, you're not the first to think of that...


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I don't know about the earlier part but the Eagles wouldn't go closer because they are afraid of the dragon.

Because that would be a terrible book.

Also, in the book, Gandalf doesn't summon the Eagles. They just happen by and check out what the commotion is about. They save Gandalf and the dwarves and take them back to the Eagles' airie and give them food but kind of stay aloof from the dwarves. It's implied in the book that they saved them because the Eagles hate the Goblins and not because they love dwarves. Flying with a load across Mirkwood into dangerous dragon territory would be a lot to ask. They end up just sending the dwarves on their way from that point.

However, the Eagles do present a major plot hole in the way they are portrayed in both the LoTR and The Hobbit.

It's a kid's book. Now made into a kid's movie.