Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Hobbit IMAX posters, and more!

You may have heard that there's a movie coming out on December 14, 2012 that's going to be awesome. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be hitting theaters in force in a variety of formats for your viewing pleasure, including 2D, 3D, 48 frame-per-second 3D, and IMAX 3D.

Personally, I'll be at the IMAX 3D midnight release. The IMAX format, with its high-resolution images and fantastic audio, is my preferred movie watching experience. Most of the recent IMAX midnight releases have featured some pretty cool swag in the form of specially commissioned posters. Some of these posters, such as those for Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises looked really great. You can anticipate another poster giveaway for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

In fact, there will be four posters for the film, each featuring one of the major characters.

Bilbo Baggins
Gandalf
Thorin Oakenshield
Gollum
Beautiful!

It's unclear whether attendees will get a full set of posters or if there will be only one poster per customer. I would clear out enough wall space for all four if I could get my hands on them.

Maybe I'll ask when I attend the Lord of the Rings marathon at AMC Theatres this coming Saturday, December 8. That's right. If you intended to catch up on the Peter Jackson's three masterful Lord of the Rings films before catching The Hobbit, then this is the perfect opportunity. For $25 you can see all three Lord of the Rings films back-to-back-to-back. That ticket also gets you a $5 concessions coupon, a lanyard, and a commemorative gift, which I think will be a poster of some design. Not a bad deal to see some of the most amazing films of the 21st century played out on the big screen.


Check to see if your local AMC Theatre is hosting a marathon at their website and book your ticket early. These types of marathons typically sell out, at least at the AMC Theaters near me.

How great do you think of those poster designs are? Will you be sitting in the theater for 15 hours next Saturday? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter!

1 comment:

  1. It turns out Regal Cinemas also is having a LOTR marathon this coming Saturday. Have a look around to see if your local theater will be doing this; it seems many are.

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