Silly yet serious, just as it should be.

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 2012)

This movie is sillier than it's older brother, something you could predict from the pictures of the shaved and silly looking dwarfs.
It doesn't bother me that the younger dwarfs are more shaven. And the sillier looks don't bother me either, it was the perfect bland of serious and silly for a movie about a children's book that will one day become an epic saga.
This is made for a younger crowd. It is still great for an older crowd, but it is perfect to get the kids/teens who are just discovering all the awesomeness there is to see in this world.
This gets them interested with the sillier bits, and it gets them hooked with the more serious bits. Then, when they are older, they can fully enjoy Lotr.
Lotr was a serious movie with a shimmer of silliness shining through at times. This is exactly the opposite, and that is how it should be.