The Hobbit - South Coast HFR cinemas?
The Hobbit - South Coast HFR cinemas?
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DaveR

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1,209 posts

300 months

Thursday 3rd January 2013
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Evening all.

As a Middle Earth devotee an evening out is called for...

Fareham Apollo is my normal venue for cinematic entertainment. A fully-tooled with Sony 4K projection venue. I'd be surprised if their kit has since been rendered old-hat. I do get the feeling when searching for 'HFR-capable venues' however that the results have been skewed by the cinema chains themselves and that maybe Apollo have sold themselves short.

Gun Wharf (Vue) appears on some lists of venues that can screen The Hobbit in all its 48fps glory but Fareham never gets a mention. The technology itself does seem to divide opinion but I'd still like to give it a go.

Any South-Coaters seen it (where?) and care to comment?

Andy_vx

305 posts

201 months

Thursday 3rd January 2013
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A friend of mine went to the Gunwarf cinema to watch Hobbit in 48FPS and said it was incredible! Not personally seen it though as it's not for me...

VinceFox

20,566 posts

188 months

Thursday 3rd January 2013
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saw it at tower park. bits of it looked like eastenders.

Dolittle

1,256 posts

174 months

Friday 4th January 2013
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I saw the first five mins of this, it was ste so deleted the file.

DaveR

Original Poster:

1,209 posts

300 months

Saturday 5th January 2013
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Maybe your requirements are more exacting than mine.

I was only looking for a cinema with 48fps projection capability, not one where you can delete the film after 5 mins.

Dolittle

1,256 posts

174 months

Saturday 5th January 2013
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DaveR said:
Maybe your requirements are more exacting than mine.

I was only looking for a cinema with 48fps projection capability, not one where you can delete the film after 5 mins.
Sorry didn't mean to come across so bluntly, but it really was dire. I exaggerated a bit, I watched about 1/2 an hour. I just dont get that type of film.

Buzz84

1,246 posts

165 months

Friday 11th January 2013
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This should hopefully some help depending on your location:

http://www.cineworldnet.com/hobbit-info.pdf

CooperS

4,566 posts

235 months

Wednesday 16th January 2013
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Dolittle said:
I saw the first five mins of this, it was ste so deleted the file.
What are you talking about...... what does your view of the first 30 minutes of the film reflect on the fantastic new 48fps projectors.....

Its phenomenal, and it was like watching 1080p films on your flashy new 40" tv 6 years ago against your mates old dvd player CRT.

It wont change the world but well worth finding a screen showing it in HFR.

I went to Aldershot Ciniworld.

Also fyi not if all, most film critics have said that the film start is slow but it reintroduces back in to the Tolkien world and for me delivers.

Legacywr

13,620 posts

204 months

Wednesday 16th January 2013
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I saw the film last week, and I found it a bit poor to be honest. frown