![]() Rather than take on the feel of sweeping epic, the film had the look of The Elder Scrolls meets “Masterpiece Theatre” in its look. Jackson’s decision to shoot An Unexpected Journey in 3D and at 48 frames per second adds a disorienting effect to the film. While Middle Earth popped off the screen as a world alive and three-dimensional in The Fellowship of the Ring, here it feels more like an idealized Candygram, a place of juvenile wonder where the grass is too impossibly green. Hobbiton is a glossy place where young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) spends his days relaxing and filling his larders. ![]() While still sweeping, An Unexpected Journey doesn’t radiate with the same urgent energy that marked Jackson’s LOTR films. Those familiar with Tolkien’s work will know The Hobbit is nowhere near as a grim or violent as the LOTR trilogy, but how will moviegoers respond to a trilogy that is less so? Are we living in times where a cuddly Hobbit will fail to live up to its forebears? Charged with stuffing three long films with material, Jackson has admitted that his trilogy won’t hew exactly to its source material, but also draw from the multitude of appendices that Tolkien wrote to buttress his Middle Earth. Tolkien’s slim novel that served as prequel to his grand LOTR trilogy. ![]() ![]() Jackson and his creatures now return with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of three films derived from J.R.R. However, these three films eclipsed George Lucas’ concurrent, sputtering return to a galaxy far far away as Jackson infused his decidedly Hollywood films with rich characters, strong emotional resonance and an immersive world unseen in most popular filmmaking. More than 10 years have passed since Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy stormed theaters with its legions of orcs, elves and hobbits, creating an excitement in our culture parallel to the Star Wars craze of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |