Well my family thought it was on par with the original trilogy I didn't

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2012)

The over the top complex action scenes were a little too Goofy for me. I am calling them Goofy because they reminded me of a Goofy cartoon where the action is so ridiculous and out there that it's almost laughable. The tone of the first few films had a more "real" feel for me. The action was more suspenseful and "epic". The action in this movie is like a mixture of mission impossible and the matrix. Maybe not as crazy as the matrix but I'm trying to get my point across.
One scene Bilbo falls like 100 feet grabs a rope and falls again and is miraculously unharmed. Characters go from being immortal to mortal it seems, it's like a cartoon that's what action adventure films have become. Turn off your brains because in action adventure films the hero can now jump 100 feet to the ground and run away on the soles of his feet. I'm not really into how the action/ adventure genre is going.
There is a scene under ground where they are crossing bridges and like a cartoon they jump from bridge to bridge and all these implausible scenes. It was just too over the top for me and it wasn't as epic for me and didn't have as clever of dialog , or as deep of scenes.Speaking of which, I was only emotionally moved once in the film and LOTR I find to be a masterpiece that is emotionally moving and complex throughout.
This film is not complex, the characters succumb to fart humor and ball sack humor and the dialog is no where near the dialog of the first trilogy. More of the same, giant spiders, Baggins, butter flies turning into Birds . Slow motion fight scenes... When it was different it was just a generic action / adventure film full of tedious and ridiculous action scenes. I feel that the original 3 films had mostly plausible action scenes, with mostly mortal characters. This film I really have to suspend my disbelief as birds toss characters around 100s of feet apart playing catch. A scene that I don't understand, it seems that anything they did in this film that could be senselessly over done to make it more exciting was senselessly over done...
The birds show up to carry them away but for some reason play catch with one another...
The first films had a beautiful score and was filmed beautifully. The cinematography was fantastic. This film looks polished, and pretty but it really lacks the soul the first 3 had. I was never taken back by this movie . Watching this film I had no serene moments where I had to stop and think how beautiful it was or how epic it was. I think that is because this film doesn't really take moments for reflection and to make you think . There are no real scenic moments where you have time to take it all in. The magic just isn't there for me when there is focus on the characters there's not a lot of substance. Pile on top of that the characters are completely predictable as stated in this review some of them are very obvious.
The "cool " character almost dies, but is miraculously better later with no real signs of injury. He tells Bilbo that he doesn't belong in their fellowship and then predictably later says he was wrong...
The characters are mostly 1 dimensional and typical characters you would find in various fantasy stories. Bilbo is a little more interesting to follow but his scenes don't really add that much to the story as a whole when looking at the entire franchise as a whole.
It doesn't feel as "triumphant " as the original 3, I wasn't as emotionally moved or inspired by this film as I was the first trilogy.
But, some of the characters are relate-able, which is a good thing obviously.
Of course the locations made beautiful by the original 3 films reappear in this one to be beautiful again. I'm not really absorbed or excited about the "new story". I'm not into it at all, what so ever. I'm not even fully sure what it's all about or why I should really care. It seems to just be filler for the original story.
"Let's make it because we can..." The original story is a short story and I feel that the movie is almost pointless and what they've come up with as a movie doesn't seem truly appropriate or necessary to the franchise. It's entertaining enough so I give it a 7, I could never give this film a 10...
There is not a lot of suspense when you think about the major character because we all know that he's alive later on. As for the other characters they were never in any true harm and I never expected that they'd die. And the entire film goes on where the entire cast is left alive and well. One character gets injured but being the "cool" one we know he's not going to die , as he's the leader of their group more or less any ways he's a needed character.
The old actors are a bit tried reprising their roles and a bit too obvious in many instances. What could be an opportunity to learn more about characters is wasted in over stating the obviousness of how their characters will turn out. Saruman plays a obviously evil character and Gandalf plays some one who is clueless.
Corniness and predictability pursues. Clichés...