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Designed as a prequel to the Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit is an epic-fantasy new trilogy fully shot in 3D, the film will be released in 2D, regular 3D and IMAX 3D. Future parts II and III, The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and There and Back Again (2014) of The Hobbit will also be filmed using 3D, each film has a budget of $150 million with Peter Jackson being the executive producer of the whole series. A game based on The Hobbit, called Guardians of Middle-earth is available for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, with Warner Brothers developing two online free to play games to promote the series, titled The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth and The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age.

Set in the fantasy world of Middle Earth The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey starts with a necessary long preamble before evolving into action.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D

The film was shot at 48 frames per second using a new technology called “High Frame Rate 3D” (HFR 3D), as opposed to a standard film of 24fps, this makes The Hobbit looks much more more realistic, with higher picture quality but one huge one drawback, the crystal clear image highlights too much the CGI fantasy elements, like superimposed animals and wigs, exposing them too much to the viewer. On the positive side the scenes really bring you inside Tolkien’s fantasy world, with something that looks similar to a pop-up storybook. The film execution, as you could expect from an Academy award winning director like Peter Jackson, was technically audacious, with the right angle shots, nicely paced and a spot on script and acting. This is a beautiful movie that will please Lord Of The Rings fans but will not leave them with an awesome taste of mouth and it might be found mediocre by new comers to the series.

Synopsis: The wizard Gandalf arrives to a quiet shire where a group of Hobbits live and convinces one of them, Bilbo Baggins, to join a group of dwarves on a quest to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor. The journey takes Bilbo through a path of treacherous lands swarming with orcs, goblins and other dangers.

Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lee Pace, Richard Armitage
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 169 minutes

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Tintin 3D film review

Tintin was a legendary popular comic book character in Europe through the seventies and eighties made by Belgian artist Georges Remi, aka Hergé, several live action Tintin films were produced in the sixties and a hugely popular animated TV series, The Adventures of Tintin come to the big screen from the hand of Steven Spielberg (director) and Peter Jackson (producer), this is the first Steven Spielberg animated film, made with GGI using motion facial capturing performances from real actors like Jamie Bell, starring Tintin, Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as Thomson and Thompson. The CGI method allows for the characters to look cartoonish type near photo quality, an effect impossible to accomplish with make up alone, the downside is that the facial acting skills can not be fully appreciated.

The film is full of the kind jokes that any Tintin comic reader is used too, funny and witty, sometimes subtle, The Secret of the Unicorn contains eye popping fast paced action with scenes that would be prohibitively expensive to film for real and suspense until the end, the few gun battles have raised some criticism as this is meant to be a family friendly film, but nothing too harsh is showed that should be of concern. The 3D effects are stunning, fully immersing the viewer into the film, high action 3D without fear of a head ache, gorgeous graphics, textures and landscapes of exotic locations, kids and parents will enjoy Tintin’s fun night out and if Tintin is successful at the box office, there are two proposed sequels.

The Adventures of Tintin release date: Western Europe 27th October, Middle East 03th November, Latin America January 2012 and North America (USA&Canada) 21st December.

Synopsis: A young Belgian reporter called Tintin discovers the location of a sunken ship lost at sea centuries ago, he, his dog Snowy and the ancestor of the captain’s sunken ship, Captain Haddock, race to find the treasure before the malevolent Red Rackham advances them to it.

The Adventures of Tintin 3D film

Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
Written By: Hergé, Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

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