Impossible requirements met

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2012)

I'm a die hard Tolkien fan who has read everything I got my hands into by the age of 15. I first picked LOTR when I was 10 and have been lost ever since into the undying lands, Valinor and middle earth.
When I heard about the Hobbit airing, I was both excited and terrified. The previous 3 movies had been really good (the last 2 with some minor setbacks but tolerable) and I was really worried if the new movie could ever top those. Also the story itself is so very dear to me, I was honestly worried a bad movie might stain it to me forever. Also there is lore to the characters that are not in the hobbit book and yet they are significant to the story - of which leaving out would leave the story hollow. So I was having these really high requirements of what this movie should and shouldn't include, and was almost sure I got disappointed.
Then the movie started. And I was in the Middle Earth once more.
All my life I have considered books better than movies, simply because I believe no movie could ever top my imagination. Or even come close. It is - until the hobbit. I was at Bilbo's home, at all the other wonderful scenery.. I was with Bilbo and the dwarfs, and it was THAT good I forgot they were actors. I had to fight back tears because I was so happy. The hobbit is easily my favorite one of the movies (LOTR + this). For the longest time the Fellowship of the ring was the best one, but the hobbit easily takes the cake now.
The only bad thing to say is that it takes too long for the next movie to air, and I can't WAIT to see more. This movie was worth the 10 year wait and I trust so will the part 2 to the Hobbit. So I wait.