Very good family movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2013)

I just want to point out I'm not really a LOTR fan. I've only recently watched them all again to make sure I wasn't missing something the first time but NO I still can't really get into them. I've seen all 3 and found them to be far to slow,far to long,far to dark and in places far to boring.This on the other hand I found absolutely brilliant. I felt that the LOTR movies were not really suitable for younger children but this is a great movie to sit down with the kids to watch. The story isn't identical to the book but who cares it's close enough. The special effects are great .It flys along at a great pace keeping you entertained from start to finish.Its been a while since I've got so into a film,not wanting it to end. This movie has taken quite a bashing in the reviews and from what I can make out its because the movie it's filmed in the same way as LOTR ie; slow,long,dark and boring. I really can't wait to see part 2