TV/Movie fast frame rate. Like it, or hate it?

[Jermei]

I don't like it, I always feel like I'm watching actors wearing costumes and makeup on some sound-stage as opposed to watching characters and losing myself in the story... and I just read the new Hobbit movie filmed at 48 FPS (double the normal film speed) looks terrible because of it...

http://o.canada.com/2012/12/13/movie-review-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/?_r=true

Does anyone actually like the fast frame rate for watching movies? If so why?

 

[camL17]

where have you seen a faster frame rate before? i had the impression the hobbit was the first movie to do this

 

[WARserra]

I hate it and I hate the 120hz "soap opera effect". It instantly takes me out of what i'm watching.

 

[Xplosives]

where have you seen a faster frame rate before? i had the impression the hobbit was the first movie to do this

+1 haven't seen it anywhere.

 

[Jermei]

where have you seen a faster frame rate before? i had the impression the hobbit was the first movie to do this

What the guy below you said, some new TV's, on of my friends included has a fast frame rate where the TV "fills in" the missing frame with an anticipation of the next frame and creates a "realistic" look which totally ruins the visuals, new big budget movies look like 60's Star Trek episodes... it's looks terrible and it looks like actors on a soundstage saying their lines..... I don't know how else to explain it, it's really bad and the new Hobbit may be doomed if it looks like this......

 

[J Storm**]

we went over this in a different thread. it is not the frame rate of your TV. it's an option called Motion Fill that you can turn off.

 

[WARserra]

What the guy below you said, some new TV's, on of my friends included has a fast frame rate where the TV "fills in" the missing frame with a anticipation of the next frame and creates a "realistic" look which totally ruins the visuals, new big budget movies look like 60 Star Trek episodes... it's looks terrible and it looks like actors on a soundstage saying their lines..... I don't know how else to explain it, it's really bad and the new Hobbit may be doomed if it looks like this......

The Hobbit at 48fps is only limited to some theaters and times.

we went over this in a different thread. it is not the frame rate of your TV. it's an option called Motion Fill that you can turn off.

Sadly not on my Vizio, and it pisses me off.

 

[Jermei]

The Hobbit at 48fps is only limited to some theaters and times.

Good :icon_evil I'll be sure to avoid them.

 

[xn7]

i saw the hobbit screening somewhere in LA. not sure if it was 48fps or whatever.

it was in 3d. looked fine.

i know what you all are talking about with fast frame rate tho.. have the problem on some HD tvs.. shows look shitty. movies look cheap.

they better stop with all this shit. makes everything look fake/lose atmosphere.

 

[Noob]

is this the same thing that makes animated movies look like video games?

 

[BBKAllDay]

Can someone please post two short clips comparing the two? I have no idea what it looks like.


EDIT: Upon further reading, can you only tell the difference on 1080p HD?

 

[Steve-French]

I know what you mean it makes me feel like I'm in the same room as the actors. It's kind of cool and kind of distracting at the same time.

 

[Plissken]

48 is too low, the rate would have to be 23.976 multiplied by 3-4 for it to look natural and shot with film (preferably 65-70mm). 48fps is too high to look filmic and too low to look natural. I know Doug Trumball's Showscan process was going to be 65mm at 60-72 fps, but it never got off the ground.