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is indexed in film history for its technical experimentation. Peter Jackson shot the film at 48 frames per second (High Frame Rate), double the industry standard. This was intended to provide a more immersive, "life-like" clarity, particularly in 3D, though it polarized audiences and critics, some of whom felt it looked "too real" or lacked the traditional cinematic "dream-like" quality. The Legacy of the First Chapter the hobbit an unexpected journey index