A Cash-in on a Famour franchise?

Rating: 6/10 (4 April 2013)

I have to say I was very skeptical about this movie as a movie goer and a fan of the movies. I read the book a while back and I believe it followed it rather well. The problem I believe lies in the fact that it feels like they are taking so long. I get it. The LOTR movies are 2 hours long each but they were all based on separate books. The Hobbit is one book and because of that it feels like this one got stretched out far more than it should have. I still liked it but at times I felt like they were just ripping off the other films and just wanting to make it a trilogy so that it can be like the Star Wars prequels. However, I did enjoy it and I liked the story.