Monday, January 7, 2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


Movie: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Genre: fantasy adventure
Synopsis: This is the first of a planned three movies based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel.  Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is a well-to-do mild-mannered Hobbit. The wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) comes to Bilbo, along with a bunch of dwarves.  He asks Bilbo to accompany them all on an adventure to reclaim the Dwarf kingdom from the land’s last living dragon, Smaug.  Bilbo decides to go with them.  Along the way, he is separated from the others following a battle with Orcs.  Before he rejoins them he meets a strange little creature named Gollum, from whom he gets a gold ring.  This ring is the basis for the Lord of the Rings.

My two cents: At 2hr49min, I felt this was a bit too long.  All in all, I liked it.  The battle scenes are great.  It definitely left me anxious to get to the next in the series.

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