Group movie - The Hobbit Saturday, Dec 22nd

I'd rather go to UA Colorado or AMC Highlands. But if Continental is where we're going that's fine with me. Real 3D please, in the afternoon (1ish). As for those complaining about having to drive from the north, I'm from S. Aurora and have been driving to the north for sometime without complaining. Unfortunately, I'll have to curbtail my forays into the north for awhile (saving money for trip to CEII in Germany).

 

It's not about the drive its about having kids and having them be with a babysitter for so long see the response above.

 

Your right, my apologies. Guess I didn't read very well. Work is getting to me...

 

Via io9.com...

That highly touted, cutting edge frame rate that Jackson chose to introduce with his Lord of the Rings prequel. Turns out, it does not go well with a big dinner and a weak stomach.​

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The New Zealand Herald reports that fans checking out The Hobbit's New Zealand premiere (those lucky dogs) have had issues with nausea, dizziness and migraines caused by the faster-than-usual frame rate.​

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Typically, films run at a rate 24 frames per second. But, to make The Hobbit freakishly sharp, Jackson opted to adopt the experimental 48 frames per second. The director has been raving about the frame rate bump for much of the film's development, with the biggest advantage being that it cuts down on motion blur for effects.​

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For most fans it won't even matter, as only a small amount of theaters will show the film at 48 frames per second, as the studio tests the market for the new effect. But for those lucky enough to catch it as Jackson intended, you might want to make it a light meal before heading in.​

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48 fps =

Awesome.

 

I was planning on having popcorn. I don't want it upchucked on the head of the person in front of me.

 

There was that time ICEE ended up on the person sitting in front of you...

 

Have we decided on a time yet?

 

They're not listing times yet for December 22. Maybe it's too far out. But I'm guessing we'll try to get a showtime for after dinner time, like 7 PM?

 

The Hobbit ticket sales at that theater are still not showing up for the 22nd!! That's ridiculous. It's a week away.

 

Theaters w/ HFR 3D in Denver

Westminster 24 with IMAX (Westminster, CO 80020)
Highlands Ranch 24 with IMAX (Highlands Ranch, CO 80129)
Northfield 18 (Denver, CO 80238)
Century 16 (Boulder, CO 80302)
Century 16 Bel Mar + XD (Lakewood, CO 80226)
Colorado Center 9 + IMAX (Denver, CO 80222)
Continental 10 (Denver, CO 80237)

Some of these theaters use Fandango and some use movietickets.com, but you can pretty much figure out what the showtimes and ticket prices will be by clicking order tickets on each site.

 

Welcome to my world. We lived with that ridiculousness until 3 days before the premiere. I bought our group tickets and then we ended up returning them 1.5hr before the movie because the place was so dead. I mean, seriously, NO LINE. What's the point of that? And the theater probably still doesn't get the fact that they didn't sell many tickets because they didn't put them on sale at a decent date.

 

I assume we're seeing this in HFR 3D? cuz I've already seen this in normal 2D.

Hobbit is not listed for Dec 22nd at Continental yet, but other movies are. Strange!

 

I know, right?? I keep checking, but nada. I think we should pick another theater. We're gonna lose attendees if they start making other plans, myself included.

 

Showtimes are posted! Here's the lowdown:

Continental 10 on December 22nd

Non-3-D showtime - 3:30 PM (one showing the whole day, crazy)
Real 3-D, non-high frame rate - 4 and 8 PM - $14.00
Real 3-D, RPX/humongous screen (like IMAX), high frame rate - 7 pm - $15.50
Digital 3-D (different than Real 3-D), high frame rate, non-RPX/IMAX screen - 7:30 PM, - $14.00

Supposedly the "Real 3-D" is better then "digital 3-D" since the image is brightened and sharpened to offset the darkness/muddiness caused by 3-D glasses when watching the movie, (See Tron: Legacy).

I'm good with either the 7 or 7:30. Is the Real 3-D worth the extra $1.50 each? Dunno. However at 7, we'd have to eat dinner earlier to make that movietime, so I'm leaning towards the 7:30, but am happy either way. I'm guessing Ben would like to see the Real 3-D based on his post above.

Thoughts?

 

I was just going to post that...

Anyways I'd want to see it on the RPX HFR 3D so my vote is 7.

 

I'm good with either 7 or 7:30. Will we need to arrive early? It's not opening weekend so I'm thinking just a comfortable 30 min before show time.

 

With those ridiculous prices I'm out. I'll wait til it's on the $7 Walmart bluray and watch it at home.

 

Booo! We'll miss you.

 

Will there be a +1?

 

I heard from Ben and he wants the 7 PM as well, so that's the majority. 7 PM at the Continental it is! Do you think 30 minutes early is enough time?