Really Good LOTR Prequel

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2012)

"The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey" is a surprisingly good film. Ian McKellen is great as reprising his role, "Gandalf the Grey". Martin Freeman plays as a great Bilbo Baggins. And Richard Armitage was very good as Thorin Oakenshield. The other 12 dwarfs don't have a great personality as the three main characters,and are more played for laughs,but that doesn't mean their annoying either. The character that does steal the film is the return of Gollum.
The film shows iconic scenes like "The Riddle Game" and "The Mountain Trolls". I was surprised by the Nazgul cameo in the film. Before I go into the problems with the film, I didn't see it in 3D, or HFR 3D. I saw it in 2D. The running time clocks in about 3 hrs., which can be irritating to a lot of people, when the story doesn't move further for an hour. Peter Jackson uses CGI on all of the Goblins and Orcs, which was a pain. Where as in the LOTR, all of the Orcs are make-up effects.
My final thought on the film is, if you Love LOTR and want to see it in theaters, see it in 2D first before you try it in HFR 3D or RealD 3D. If you do have a problem sitting in the theater for 3 hrs., rent or buy it when it's available on Home Video, otherwise, Highly Recommended! I'm looking forward to the next Hobbit films and the Extended Edition of this film (that's if they release one).