Not an Adaptation

Rating: 1/10 (16 November 2015)

You wait most of your life for the hobbit to come to the big screen. I liked the LOTR adaptation a lot, though I do have an issue with PJ's casting and the fact the script was very similar to the animated movie of the 80s.
This movie showcases how a director can destroy a movie by making his first consideration, how can we make more money. Scenes that look like they should be in a video game. Huge, badly conceived, parts added that are not in the book while all the drama and tension of the book is traded for pointless action sequences.
Amazes me that a director with 3 decent films under his belt decides he can write a more interesting story than an original book which has sold over 100,000,000 copies. Give this is miss and pray it gets remade at some time by somebody. Hopefully by somebody who, and I am certain this happened, did not spend a few days trying to work out how he could get Gandalf riding a transformer, so more toys could be sold for the tie ins.