The special effects are pretty good, but the movie does not do the book justice

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2012)

I read the Hobbit many times as a boy and I honestly wanted this to be a good film. There were a lot of special effects that were pretty good. The shire village was constructed pretty well, the orcs all looked fierce and the wargs were scary. But I was disappointed with the way the story was changed. He had Thorin Oakenshield being a hater of Elves! This just was not true and it is far too much poetic license. And then the movie was prolonged another 45 minutes by putting in a new quarrel between Thorin and the pale skinned Orc. The movie was too drawn out, it should have come to the point quicker. The Hobbit is already a good story and it is not necessary to add or subtract from it. 100 years from now people will still be reading the hobbit but I doubt they will be seeing this movie.