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Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2013)

When i went to see this film i was a bit apprehensive because i didn't want them to mess the hobbit up like they did with the Lord of the Rings by missing out great chunks of the story. However they kept to the book almost 100%. It was superb! I was so glad Peter Jackson decided to stick with the book this time and he even integrated parts of the appendices into the book as well which is fantastic. The only fault which I can pick from it is that for some reason they choose Azog instead of Bolg to be the named villain. I say this because Azog was killed so why did they bring him back to life?
The cast was perfect in the hobbit. Martin Freeman played Bilbo Baggins excellently, there was no fault with his acting at all. You had many familiar faces from the Lord of the Rings back to reprise there roles in the hobbit. Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Andy Serkis as Gollum and the prolific actor Christopher Lee as Saruman.You had many new faces as well to play the roles of the Darwves and for me James Nesbitt was the best playing Bofur.
This first film finishes with them being carried away by the eagles due to the close shave with Azog and his orcs which was the perfect place to finish the first film. The special effects and CGI (especially with Azog and Gollum) is world class. No film can match them.
I cant wait for the second and third part of this franchise to come out and if they keep to the book like with this one then they will be highly successful and more importantly great films.