A Great Adaption of The Hobbit

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2013)

I liked "The Hobbit" it was a great children's novel that served its purpose, and it was wildly effective at getting its points across. Many reviewers are claiming that this movie is too lighthearted and childish to be in the same level as "LOTR" ("Lord of the Rings"), but I disagree. What people are doing when they see this movie is comparing it to "TFOTR" ("The Fellowship of the Ring") and by doing so, they are omitting everything that the original novel offered in simplicity and childishness.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is very light-hearted, somewhat childish, but by doing so, it stays true to its roots. The original story is a children's story, written for J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher. That means, by default, that it is going to be a less dark, and happier. That means the story's main appeal is to be towards children. By adding jokes, and humor it makes it more childish, so that a child could comprehend--which is something that "LOTR" cannot say. Though this movie is long, it is by far a much simpler story that a young person could relate to, but even more so, it is a story that adults can relate to as well. Before people say that the movie was ruined by its childish jokes, just remember that the source material is just as childish.