The Hobbit is big, yet falls short of the required height.

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2012)

Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" has long been in my watch list. Being a huge Tolkien fan and a very big fan of Jackson's previous films, I was ever so eager to watch The Hobbit.
While overall I found it to be a good movie, there were too many things that just didn't work and should have been done differently.
I want to keep this review short and down to the point, kind of like a hobbit don't you think? So let's go through some pros and cons.
PROS: 1. The Beginning. The entire movie up till the company meets Radagast is absolutely fabulous. Jackson hit gold on the whole Bag-End scene with the Dwarfs. 2. The Acting, especially Martin Freeman as Bilbo. He was fantastic, as was Mr. Thornton as Thorin (sorry...I could resist that N&S reference.) 3. The Dwarfs. I was very impressed how they were able to make each of the 13 dwarfs unique and didn't put some in the darkness. All had plenty of screen time. 4. The Music. Howard Shore. Need I say more?
CONS: 1. The CGI. It was just not well done and I honestly expected more from WETA. The orcs looked so fake, as did other things and they should have, in my opinion, stuck with real life actors as orcs as they did in LOTR. 2. The added stories from the Appendices, mainly Azog. This took away from the original story and it was all rather pointless in my opinion. 3. Radagast. As much as he was funny and entertaining, he totally took away from the story and really should have been left out. 4. At one point of the movie I was totally bored....Something I never really experienced in LOTR. So the con here was overall, the movie wasn't LOTR standard and you could see that in many areas.
So overall, "The Hobbit" is an average movie. There were many things that did the book justice and I really appreciated that. However, they messed up on a lot and overall it didn't do the book and the Lord of the Rings movies justice. See the film for yourself and state your opinion. I will see the next films hoping Jackson makes up for the ground he kind of lost.