I would give more stars but...

Rating: 6/10 (15 September 2013)

The Hobbit was the first book I read as a child on my own. It was the first book that got me hooked onto fantasy. So you can say I'm a huge fan of JRR Tolkien's works (loved the other ones!!). Also, I love Peter Jackson's LOTR, it may have been tweaked here and there but it was really OK and I was able to enjoy the movie 10/10 without being "Wait that guy didn't say that" and "Tom Bombadil is missing" etc.
That being said, I was a little disappoint with The Hobbit. I felt like it was aiming to the general population to wow them rather than showing them the adventurous story that it is. Why do I think that way? For one, they added the white orc character just for the extra "OMG Drama~" and fighting sequence (in my opinion) and he's actually suppose to be in a different book rather than The Hobbit.
A lot of the things felt different from the LOTR that Peter did, like he's got the recognition and the money now and it could just be me being overly picky but I felt that it might have actually "ruined" the film. Peter did the LOTR because his passion and love for the books but The Hobbit had a more money grabby feel to it. I hope I am wrong. I understand why they wanted 3 parts to the book (they can show more of it without skipping anything/anyone and more money!).
I still enjoyed the movie, I love the cast, Peter Jackson has a great team and cast hands down.
My actual rating would be 6 1/2 - 7.