The Hobbit: An Expected Success

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2012)

The movie was spectacular, though very different from the book. The differences were,
1. When Gandalf visited Bilbo, Bilbo invited Gandalf over for tea in the book. 2. The dwarfs showed up at Bilbo's house in twos except for Thorin, who came alone according to the book, but in the movie it was one, then another, then two, then the rest and Gandalf, then finally Thorin. 3. when the dwarfs came across the trolls, they only saw a light and sent Bilbo to see what was there. When he reached the trolls, he went to steal one of the trolls wallets, which was enchanted to make a noise whenever it was pulled put of the troll's pocket, the trolls never stole the ponies. 4. Gandalf saved Thorin's company by enchanting the trolls to argue till dawn. 5. Radagast the Brown never met Thorin's company. 6. The company was never chased by Orcs, in fact, there weren't any Orcs in the book. 7. Galadriel was not in "The Hobbit". 8. The company and Gandalf were chased into a tree when they came across a Warg meeting, the Wargs waited for Goblins because Wargs couldn't climb trees, but Goblins can. So Gandalf through fire balls at them. The Goblins came and started stomping the fire out and played in the fire. The Eagles came and attacked the Goblins because they saw the Goblins and hated the Goblins. They only save Gandalf and Thorin's Company because they owed Gandalf a favor. In the movie, they were chased up a tree by Orcs and Wargs. Gandalf had a moth send word to the Eagles to save them. 9. In the book, the Eagles flew the company to their nests were Gandalf spoke to the Eagle king. 10. elves sang and were more merry in the book then the movie. 11. In the cave in the mountains, according to the book, everyone had fallen asleep when the cave opened. The opening of the cave woke up Bilbo who screamed and woke up the Dwarfs.
There were more differences, but those are the main differences. Even though the movie and book were very different, I still, surprisingly, loved the movie. The soundtrack was particularly good. I loved how Howard Shore used a twist off of "The Lord of the Rings", which combined the two movies together. Just like in "The Lord of the Rings", I loved how the Hobbits, their mentality, and their lifestyles were depicted. Over all, I think the movie was a huge success and I look forward to the other parts.