Definitely a great start to the journey

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2013)

Doesn't have as much substance compared to "Fellowship of the Ring" but still a pretty solid movie. But "Lord of the Rings" has 3 separate novels that make up the trilogy and three separate movies. While "The Hobbit" is just one book so Peter Jackson probably tried to fit every detail of the book into this movie. And other written stuff by J. R. R. Tolkien. The movie starts off slow, in fact it takes quite a while before the journey takes off. But when it does kick off it becomes a entertaining adventure. But the build up is still good as well. It does a good enough job to make the viewers satisfied but crave more. Which is most definitely a positive when planning for a sequel as well. It's more action packed compared to "Fellowship of the Ring" though. And some action scenes seems far-fetched how things play out but it's still humorous at times. The cinematography is just crystal clear as well and adds to the fantasy style. Some complain about the faster frame rate but I personally liked it and looks more likes those fantasy drawings. Gandalf is just super cool in this movie, in fact he is one of the coolest old guy in a movie ever. You know the part where the crew tries to escape from Moria while battling orcs, goblins, trolls and Balrog. And it was cool but the escape scene from inside the Misty Mountains when the Dwarfs get taken captive and Gandalf shows up. This escape scene takes it to another level. And is the highlight of this movie. Peter Jackson also did a great job of picking the cast for this movie. Like he did for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. There is also quite a lot of CGI compared to "Lord of the Rings" trilogy but since technology got more advanced it's just top notch. Overall this lacks substance compared to "Fellowship of the Ring" and a bit less intriguing and it's also slow moving. But it's a movie most definitely worth checking out in 3D.
8.3/10