In spite of the weather, and generally feeling like crawling under something to die lately, I made it to an HFR screening of The Hobbit tonight.

I was impressed, and I don't impress easily in my old age. It's not perfect, but it felt very immersive. It was like looking into a giant Viewmaster, only with moving images. It did not look like the soap opera HDTV effect to me at all, and it didn't look like a video game to me either. It takes a little getting used to of course.

I don't think 48fps is going to be for all genres, but what I saw tonight was very promising. It's another paintbrush for a filmmaker to use.