It had potential

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2012)

Henny's Movie Review: The Hobbit unexpected journey": (Spoilers Free)
In three words: It had potential
After the success of "The Lord of The Rings" it was obvious that the movie studios could not resist the temptation to film "The Hobbit" for the big screen. This is not only just filmed with an ordinary movie camera, 3d camera, let alone IMAX, the movie was entirely filmed with High Frame Rate (HFR), witch is considered the future of cinema. But the QUESTION is how is the movie?
Well today I want to the movie with my brother with expectations that the film would be similar to the previous films. Before you all start to yell out blasphemy or heathen, I need to tell you all that I deliberately chose for a normal viewing (i.e., without IMAX, 3D, and HFR). The reason for this decision is because I think a movie should stand on his own without any extras, it's after all the story that matters. So what did I think of this movie?
Well personally I think the movie was okay, it was at least much better then "the dark knight rises (man I hate that movie)". I'll start with the pros followed with the cons and in the end a final mark:
Pros:

The music fits the scenes very well with great orchestrated pieces.

and the scenery/landscapes are beautiful to look at.

The characters are well developed and performed by great actors, which gives you the incentive to really join the "unexpected journey".

There is a good connection with the previous movies (sorry I can't say to much about this).

Cons: - In contrast to the previous movies this movie was way to long.

Personally the movie felt like a 3d animated movie like "avatar". (to much green screen)

Sometimes it felt like the pace of the movie wasn't consistent (e.g., fast pace, slow pace etc.)

To often the action scenes were too much zoomed in.

You will never have the feeling of immersing in the movie, at least for a long period of time.

It takes itself not seriously enough.

As aforementioned I would say that it was a descent movie. However, I would recommend the following; do not compare this with the previous movies, and don't take it to serious.
Grade: 7
Recoomendation instead of this movie: Skyfall, The Words