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LOTR, Hobbit geek-fest

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I absolutely love the work that Howard Shore did on the scores, although oddly enough, I feel that they followed the movies in terms of my opinion of them. Return of the King and Fellowship were both very strong, while the Two Towers soundtrack always leaves me wanting by the end. The trek music from Fellowship is amazing in both its tonal depth and overall melodic/harmonic movement, although the LSO really made it shine. "The Ring Goes South" is definitely a piece of music that defined that part of the movie through those cut scenes, and also what moved it along while keeping your attention. The soaring horn melody just takes that short bit and turns it into a captivating moment and perfectly complements the scenery of the movie.

The vocal pieces - May It Be and Into The West - are absolutely gripping songs, and both bring a bit of water to my eyes without fail every single time I listen to them. Annie Lennox's inflection on Into the West really draw you in, and I really have not heard a better ending piece than that. Combined with The Grey Havens before it, it makes for the most gripping ending, musically, I have encountered. If you can watch the end of ROTK and listen to the music without getting at least a bit of a swell in emotion...so beautiful. Also, the other vocal pieces in the ROTK soundtrack are wonderfully done, especially Pippin's bit in the "Steward of Gondor" piece. Even without the visuals from the movie it is giving me major chills right now.

This is easily some of the best soundtrack work, and though I love John Williams' work, this is beyond his movie scores that I have heard (his compositions outside movies, however, are still superior).
 
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The series was so beautifully done(great writing, filming, acting) that it's worth watching any time it's on tv. (in HD) :tongue2:
I hope the next film(s) is up to the high standard set by the series.
 
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CinemaCon: "Hobbit" 48FPS Reactions

Ten minutes from Peter Jackson's much anticipated "The Hobbit" film adaptations screened to an industry audience in Las Vegas today and the reaction was amongst the most divisive and ultimately mixed of the day.
The problem didn't seem to be with the content of the film itself. Said unfinished footage contained various scenes with Bilbo, the dwarves, Gandalf, and part of Orlando Bloom's appearance as Legolas. The biggest sequence was one between Bilbo and Gollum, and those who've talked about the footage reacted quite favourably to Jackson's film.

Less well received though, and what's caused much of an online fuss over the past few hours, was the presentation. Specifically the new 48 frames-per-second technology that Jackson is employing with the film. This marked the first time footage from the film was screened in the format for a large audience outside those involved in the actual film's making.

The online news outlets and blogs responded quickly with reaction. The most common praise was that the higher frame rate does make everything crystal clear and does eliminate the eye strain and strobing problems of current 3D.

Unfortunately that much more lifelike appearance is a little too perfect in that it makes the fakeness of the sets, costumes, make-up etc. much more obvious and gives the film a look akin to video or that vaguely disturbing 'Smooth Motion' effect seen on LCDs in some TV department stores. Here's some reactions:

"Here's what The Hobbit looked like to me: a hi-def version of the 1970s I, Claudius. It is drenched in a TV-like - specifically 70's era BBC - video look. People on Twitter have asked if it has that soap opera look you get from badly calibrated TVs at Best Buy, and the answer is an emphatic YES.
It looked completely non-cinematic. The sets looked like sets. I've been on sets of movies on the scale of The Hobbit, and sets don't even look like sets when you're on them live... but these looked like sets. The other comparison I kept coming to, as I was watching the footage, was that it all looked like behind the scenes video. The magical illusion of cinema is stripped away completely." -- Devin Faraci, Bad Ass Digest.

"I'll admit the footage is such a radical change from what I expected, it's going to polarize audiences. The 3D looked great and the new 48fps drastically reduces eye strain. That's the good news. The bad news is the 48fps is so jarring that I'm not sure casual moviegoers will enjoy it'. You no longer have motion blur. You no longer can hide stuff in the darkness' By the end of the presentation, I wasn't sure I wanted to watch the entire movie in this new 48fps format. This is definitely not what I expected to say. Ultimately, it just didn't look cinematic and it sort of looked like HD TV." -- Steve Weintraub, Collider.

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I wonder if I will ever hear a bit of news about The Hobbit that will actually give me hope that it isn't going to be a complete fuck up.
 
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One of the most amazing pieces of work I've ever seen. Wow. Mad props to this guy. It's made out of 420,000 matchsticks & 24,000 small wooden blocks (Mount Mindolluin). It took three years to complete.

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http://www.matchstickmarvels.com/models.html

Link to the artist's (Patrick Acton) site. He's currently working on a model of the New World Trade Center that will take 3.5 Million matchsticks due to be completed next year.
 
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Here are some close ups of the quality of this beauty. Simply remarkable piece of work.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18736470

Filming for the new Hobbit movies has finished, according to their director Peter Jackson.

He revealed the news in a post on his Facebook page.

It said: "We made it! Shoot day 266 and the end of principal photography on The Hobbit.

"Thanks to our fantastic cast and crew for getting us this far, and to all of you for your support! Next stop, the cutting room. Oh, and Comic Con! Cheers, Peter J."

Filming of the two Hobbit movies - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There And Back Again - started in March 2011.

The first is due for release in December and is set 60 years before the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
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