An Honest Hobbit Review

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2012)

I've changed my review after having watched The Hobbit all the way through on all three installments. I sat down on a Saturday afternoon and watched them together finishing later in the evening.
While I still enjoy the cinematography, the makeup, FX, costumes and the acting, I enjoy the direction less. I'm less enthusiastic of the added excessive fluff to the story so they could stretch it out over the three installments to make more money.
The Hobbit could have been made in to a single (3) hour movie. There was no reason to make a (9) hour movie. I'd love to see some one edit the (9) hours down to (3) or (4) hours, much like The Phantom Edit did for The Phantom Menace.
The same can be said for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy which is another (9) hours of fluff. Every thing else is awesome but the rest of it can be cut out. No need for all that crap, plus the wrong spiders in the wrong installment.
7/10 is my new rating for this movie and the other installments.