In my opinion not that great of a movie.

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2012)

I just came back from the movie and I felt a strong urge to write a review on it. I have never written a review before on anything, so I registered to IMDb and just started writing this.
This movie will be forgotten very quickly I think. Yes it has the epic effects, yes the scenery is amazing, but like Avatar, the plot is greatly lacking. I found myself saying to myself often "who cares?" throughout the movie.
I am not a LOTR fanboy, far from it. I do think they were great movies, but I haven't seen them again since they came out, so my review isn't coming from a fanboy POV.
The chain of events in the movie is quite ludicrous. More then not it was quite clear to me that the plot was made up just to give an excuse to have huge CGI spectacles. I read the book a long time ago but I am certain a lot of the plot is made up since half of what happens I have no memory of ever taking place in the book. Granted, it's downright visually stunning at times and I was like I WANT TO GO THERE! Whenever I saw the beautiful lush landscapes LOTR is known for. But how many times can you be shown beautiful scenes before you get bored of them, and waiting for that something to happen.
That brings me to another point. Most of the time I was sitting in the theater, I felt as though I was waiting for it to begin. Just waiting for things to start rolling, for the adventure to begin, and I left the theater quite underwhelmed, with that feeling never being satisfied.
Especially when the ending came (which I will not spoil for you), one thing was clear to me. The main goal of this movie was to make money. It's not hard to throw boatloads of money and make epic CGI sequences (much like the movie 2012, which this movie reminds me of in more then one way, for example the many "nail biting" scenes where they are saved by a hair, cliché scenes where they are hanging by one hand, etc) It is a lot of show and very little soul. Yes it's a fun movie to go through albeit can be boring a lot of the time, it is still a good time, there are some good laughs to be had as well, but falls short of the original trilogy by a mile.
In summery, with more show then soul, The Hobbit falls short of being a memorable film.
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