Not that unexpected journey

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2013)

Summarizing my thoughts on the movie (may contain SPOILERS): Seeing the "An Unexpected Journey" made me realize that they should have sticked with the two movie plan. Three parts is one too much and it probably makes the pacing of each part a bit of a dire. Too many things which do not happen in the book, but are only there to make an arch to the LOTR. One can always whine afterward, but in my opinion LOTR could have been four parts long (last movie too quickly!), while two would have been enough for the Hobbit.
48fps took some time for my eyes to settle in, since for example Bilbo walking in his home looked a bit paced. They should really think about camera angles and especially distances when shooting a fast-pace action scenes. It was hard to see what was really going on in the first action scenes since they were shot too close and cut in a very distracting way.
Acting and sceneries were very beautiful and heart-warming, and probably the best thing in the movie.