Why The Hobbit In HFR 3D Is Bad Yet Bold?

 The Hobbit in HFR 3D opened to mixed revenues and even though it’s widely known that it wasn’t a great venture for director Peter Jackson, the technology has potential up its sleeve. If things go the way it seems, there are plenty of possibilities that HFR will soon become a ubiquitous technology within a year or so.

Positives first; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey definitely looks crisp, clear and absolutely brilliant in terms of color, landscape and presentation. The cinematic experience is missing as a whole but 3D has been never this brilliantly colorful in the past. A few tweaks here and there will most probably make this a reliable technology for the future. 

We can say it looks quite bad on screen with blurry, fast paced character movements resembling the era of Charlie Chaplin. Yet, Peter Jackson’s bold move deserves a pat because if not for him, we wouldn’t have got a taste of this technology which most filmmakers will feel intimidated to try. The battle sequences look stunning in HFR 3D and if there’s one thing critics may deny at this moment, it is the fact that we may soon get used to such life like images once the technology is refined.

Moreover, the Hobbit trilogy will see refined versions as they are slated for releases months after An Unexpected Journey hit the screens. This allows ample space for Jackson and WETA to provide a more sophisticated movie going experience for film fanatics. 

Let’s keep our fingers crossed for the new Hobbit and a better HFR 3D experience!