A beautifully created, inspiring and fun film...

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2014)

The teaser trailer for this movie was the first time I was introduced to the magical world that J.R.R Tolkien created. I had very high hopes for it, and it exceeded my expectations. Nothing can compare to Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy, but there are many things people don't understand about this film. The story does a fantastic job of capturing what the book was about. The visual effects were some of the best I had ever seen, especially Gollum and the trolls. The only reason I will not give this a perfect 10 is the fact that some LOTR characters were pushed into the movie. Overall, this is a visually stunning, fun, and great prequel to the Lord of the Rings...