As if you needed any more reasons to go see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at a midnight showing. IMAX has announced that fans who attend a midnight show will receive an exclusive collector’s series of four character prints (while supplies last)!
Click here for a list of participating cinemas!
And thanks to SuperHeroHype for a look at the gorgeous posters of Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin, and Gollum!
If you weren’t planning on going to a midnight showing of The Hobbit, is this enough to change your mind?
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Author: lilymilos
Lily’s first experience with Tolkien was when the eccentric Mrs. H performed all of the characters from The Hobbit in her seventh grade class. In high school, she felt obliged to decline a second date with a boy who said he had no interest in reading The Lord of the Rings. In college, she unwisely decided to reread her beloved copy of The Hobbit during finals week, with only semi-disastrous results.
When not searching for news of The Hobbit films, Lily enjoys baking, hiking in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and snuggling up with her hubby, watching a good movie.
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Except that some of us cannot watch a 3D movie – dizziness and nausea. So PJ effectively shut us out when he said he meant for the movie to be seen in 3D
I’m going to the 2D midnight showing.
Fight trough it… Like they say in my country (roughly translated); take it like a man.
Everyone has their own levels of tolerance, so I definitely understand wanting to skip the 3D. I’m taking some 3D to 2D converter glasses along, in case it gets too tough!
I’m working on getting clarification from IMAX about just who will get the posters. Keep you posted!
Mrs. B — I have dizziness and nausea with converted 3d, but have found that films shot IN 3D (Avatar, Hugo, etc) don’t affect em that way. Hopefully you have a friend who may be able to score the posters for you? Me, I’m buying my tickets as we speak, and going to pop some caffeine or something because I don’t normally stay up nearly that late ….
Regal Cinemas has an opening video about the concessions and it looks like you’re on a roller coaster ride. I cannot watch that because it’s too “real.” Saw an article stating that 6% of the population cannot tolerate viewing anything in 3D. I’m in that. I get sick watching the tea cup ride at Disney parks. I tried to watch a demo 3D tv in a store….had to walk away.
Wait a minute. Are the posters only given to people who go to the 3D showing?
Even if it’s not only the 3D showings, our theater, and probably others, is only using the IMAX screens for the 3D versions. Those of us who cannot watch 3D also don’t get to see it on an IMAX screen.
Ok, from the horses mouth, so to speak – through a series of unlikely circumstances, I ended up with a surprise ticket to the Red Carpet here in Wellington, and ended up watching it in 3D, from quite near the front of the theatre. I did NOT see it in 48fps yet though.
Also, after watching Avatar 3D I ended up with a massive headache (although Tintin 3D didn’t affect me). So, all in all, I was quite worried about how bad I would feel after watching The Hobbit 3D. I did take a couple of Nurofens (read: whatever your preferred headache remedy may be) beforehand, just in case.
But after watching the movie, I felt no bad effects at all. Just elation that I was watching the movie itself. There was no ad-break, just three hours (or so) of movie watching. I could easily have sat there for a lot longer (and, come July 2014, I suspect I will be – if they run a marathon session here anywhere).
So my advice is – go in with an open mind, and perhaps take a few aspirins before you go in. That’s not scientific – I haven’t tried it without – but why take the risk. It’s also not medical advice – I’m not a doctor (nor even play one on tv).
The Hobbit’s 3D effects were subtle, and very smooth indeed. I’ve always been a vocal opponent of 3D movies; I just don’t think I’ve ever seen it used to the advantage of the movie. It’s usually a case of “look, isn’t this impressive”. I’d rather they stopped trying to impress me with SFX, and just tell a good story. The Hobbit does just that. It tells a good story, and uses the SFX to tell it.
Disclaimer : This was not a review of The Hobbit (the embargo still stands, I think).
This is a review: THE HOBBIT WAS AWESOME!!!
– Jack
Avatar 3D used the story to show off the 3D. The Hobbit does it the other way around – the correct way, if you ask me.
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