why it's different than LOTR *no spoilers

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2012)

It feels like Peter Jackson had a job to do. To make LOTR for a younger audience. As a 3D cinematic experience this movie will amaze you with the image quality and depth. As a representation of the book? I wonder how many kids would actually bother to read it these days? For that reason I think I can forgive the drawn out story line. What I didn't expect was the cartoon-like feel to a lot of the action sequences which although violent (in a cartoonish way) lack the dark and scary feel of the LOTR trilogy. That said, the actors are well cast, the scenery is epic, Golem is even better and Peter Jackson is still the man to make these films. It's just that this time around it's more innocent and as an adult who doesn't generally enjoy kids movies, I was a little out of my comfort zone at times.