C'mon, be reasonable. (contains spoilers)

Rating: 6/10 (30 December 2012)

This is not the book. This is not the LOTR trilogy.
The first movie of the Hobbit trilogy is a good movie. It is neither brilliant or bad but it sits, in my opinion, in the above average basket. The 48 frames p/s is different and takes a bit of getting used to but inovation is a good thing right? The special effects are first class. The story is not remarkable and is full of last moment, narrow escapes or victories when the "good guys" are outnumbered thousands to one. All in all it is an enjoyable film but not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination. Those who will be disappointed will be people who have read the book (surprise, surprise) and have unreasonable expectations or those that resent the book being made into 3 parts. The truth is that The Hobbit part 1 is pretty good if you go in without the expectations that so many people do.