Almost perfect except for a few points...

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2012)

I had been in withdrawal since LOTR ended so many years back. I do miss the characters and the settings it transported some of us into.
This time round, the story is that of one that should be more cheerful and it did accomplished that without being what the original book's intended target audience was, children. And quite fairly, I would have walked out at the first hint of this being made for children only.
I shall not comment on the story in case it spoils it for everyone.
In my opinion, as I've watched the high frame rate 3D version, it should have been done in higher frame rate at all. It made it looked like a very good HD cam movie made for TV.
The effects, though are better, should not have been more realistic in the rendering of the backgrounds. It is so obvious most of the scenes looked like they were made in some colored screens.
But overall, this is a good holiday movie to entertain both adults and children of a suitable age.