The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Living in NZ, I dare not post a negative review. I enjoyed this movie (I guess). Saw it at the higher frame rate, which was interesting (I guess). Couldn't help thinking "Are 3 Hobbit movies really necessary?" and "Is this just LOTR footage rearranged?" Good action scenes.

This is a hot topic on BR. Considering The Hobbit was a much different book than the LotR, I'd say PJ did an honest job of it, but LotR was still better. Drinking game: Drink when Thorin stares at something, people get respectively quiet or when there is mistrust among races.

Does my genre loving heart some good. There hasn't been this high quality a fantasy film since the last LOTR. Lower worldly stakes are successfully replaced by higher personal ones. The fantastic work of WETA is on full display. Sorry Burnreel haters...loved it.

Must be critically honest here, as much as I love Jackson's Middle Earth: pretty weak. Thin story (3 films?!) and I had the misfortune of seeing it in 48 fps--terrible experience. Takes away from the "magic" of film and the cinematic experience. These people should know better.

A really poor film in my opinion. The characters were weak, there was an overuse of CGI and there was a weird santa-like creature who had bird shit in his hair and instead of flying reindeer he was carried by über-fast rabbits.

Freeman's fine, Gollum's good, forty-eight FPS's frivolous. Saddened by substandard CGI, stretched-out scenes, and scopic silliness. Like LOTR for little ones, Hobbit's hardly a heartstopper but Bilbo Baggin's boss.

How do you follow up on the LTR trilogy and live up to it? You don't. This was good, don't get me wrong, but temper your expectations. The trilogy movies didn't leave me unsatisfied like this one and it makes sense that The Hobbit doesn't lend itself to a three part-er.

The 3D is both awesome and false-looking at moments. Highly entertaining. Could have been better but for the fact that it looks too much as a Lord of the Rings re-enactment. Actually exceeded my (non-existent) expectations.

First hour sucked. Rest of the movie was pretty good and made up for it. I really hope that 48FPS will only be a gimmick that doesn't really become popular and will disappear soon, taking 3D with it.

Really thought I was going to hate this. The songs, the lighter material, the liberties I knew Jackson was going to take with the text. It's no Lord of the Rings, but I'm pretty happy to be back, walking in Middle Earth. The 48 fps took something to get used to.

Freeman's fine, Gollum's good, forty-eight FPS's frivolous. Saddened by substandard CGI, stretched-out scenes, and scopic silliness. Like LOTR for little ones, Hobbit's hardly a heartstopper but Bilbo Baggin's boss.