The Hobbit: An Unexpected Success

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2012)

Few non-elven words can describe how pleasantly surprised I was by this film. At first, I was seeing the movie simply because I wanted to experience the new 48 fps and what better way to do that than taking a trip back to Middle-Earth. However, once the film started, I was immediately mentally and emotionally immersed in the very simplistic yet intriguing tale of Bilbo Baggins.
Being a major Tolkien fan and a self titled Middle-Earth historian, I had very high expectations for the film. From the few clips I had scene, I was a little worried that Peter Jackson was going to pull a "James Cameron" and forget that the effects should compliment the story, not drive it. The Hobbit is a simple story and I didn't want this factor to push Jackson to add pointless scenes and characters simply to make his trilogy a possibility. However, this was not the case. I was throughly pleased to see another brilliant work of art come from the mind of Peter Jackson.
The Hobbit is no epic like Fellowship, Two Towers, or Return of the King, but it does stay true to the emotional and humanness that we find within our beloved hobbits. The Hobbit holds countless comical, emotional, and action packed moments that leave the viewer like a Hobbit at a feast, begging for more.