I'm honestly not sure how enjoyable it would be out of context of the others. Unlike, say, the Lord of the Rings films where even though they're part of a trilogy, each individual film has a beginning, middle, and end, the two Hobbit films haven't felt that way - to me, it feels like they just...
I totally get that. At the moment I'm more in the "apartment rental" stage of my life, so building the home theater I'd truly like isn't yet a realistic possibility. But I can very easily imagine that being my future. (I can also imagine how that would go if I ever have kids. They'll grow up...
Douglas - the extended edition of the first Hobbit film was I think ten minutes longer, as opposed to the half hour or more that I think each of the LOTR extensions were. I don't recall anything particularly earthshattering in the extended cut of Hobbit 1, which I've only seen once. I think...
That sucks! However, I would have been really curious to see a portion of the movie in HFR 2D, as I don't think the HFR version was generally offered in 2D. (I tried both IMAX HFR 3D and IMAX 3D on 15/70 film at 24fps.)
Had a similar experience - saw the midnight opening in IMAX 3D (15/70...