HFR =Awful Picture!

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2014)

Hard to get into this film as the glossy camcorder-feel of the whole showing was a huge distraction. I complained to my local cinema and they explained the difference in frame rates between the 2D 3D and 3D HFR - It had the look of a "making of.." TV programme where you expect the director to shout "action" and where we view the filming from 'outside' before seeing a 'finished-product' clip. Totally spoilt the experience. If Peter Jackson thinks that this is the way forward, then he has misunderstood one of the fundamental reasons we go to watch movies. They take us somewhere else; they look different and they sound different. If I want something that real, I will go out into the street and watch the world go by...