As long as it does not lead to endless edits post release I am fine with tweaking it. However recent CGI-fests like the Hobbit series do make me think some directors don't know restraint.
Peter Jackson is exactly that kind of directors. And he is consistent in that. Even before LoR/Hobbit, check out King Kong made by him. It's like watching Serious Sam, never-ending battle with CGI monsters, boring and pointless (as part of the movie, playing SS games is fun of course).
I watched all of the special features on the LOTR extended editions back in the day. It seemed like they were extremely proud of their "bigatures". It's a shame that they seemed to have completely abandoned a technique that worked so well.
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As long as it does not lead to endless edits post release I am fine with tweaking it. However recent CGI-fests like the Hobbit series do make me think some directors don't know restraint.
If you're not Hobbit-ed out, check out the Tolkien Edit. Some cool guy edited all three films into one 4 1/2 hour epic. Big improvement.
https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/
Peter Jackson is exactly that kind of directors. And he is consistent in that. Even before LoR/Hobbit, check out King Kong made by him. It's like watching Serious Sam, never-ending battle with CGI monsters, boring and pointless (as part of the movie, playing SS games is fun of course).
If you're going to spend / waste time watching old Peter Jackson movies, do yourself a favor and check out Bad Taste.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/
"some directors don't know restraint."
IMO the Hobbit trilogy was pure indulgence.
I watched all of the special features on the LOTR extended editions back in the day. It seemed like they were extremely proud of their "bigatures". It's a shame that they seemed to have completely abandoned a technique that worked so well.
From what I've read it was not possible to shoot them in the same manner because of 3-D and/or HFPS formats.