Enjoyable In parts But I expected More

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2012)

Personally speaking I went in with a lot of expectations with the movie,I was so excited that I literally dragged myself to the cinema hall on a weekday taking a sick leave from office,but I was left longing for much much more,not that the film was bad,it is good but it just is not that good when compared to it's predecessors.
the good:
great visuals and cinematography,nice photography,the hour in the movie was good and used sparingly,it is not overused but the humor is a bit kiddish..maybe because the book is for the children and hence the humor is put forward in that manner but i enjoyed it.
Fight scenes between the goblins and bilbo,the fight scenes of the orks are good too,the ending with the eagles and the fight of the ork leader with Thorin was one of the few scenes in recent times made me move.
To see it come back to middle earth in itself felt great to me,i am sure to all those LOTR fans who felt this movie should have been made a lot before will be not disappointed because it makes you feel nostalgic.
the movie is a good watch for family,specially children as well..you can go with your family and watch it.
scenes of golum and bilbo were highlight of the movie..its just rollicking
The BAD: the movie till about 45-50 min of it's running time is slow and sluggish,they could have fasten it up a little.At time i felt ,please fasten it a little.i could not wait for them to start off their journey but they continued to introduce one dwarf at a time which bored the hell out of me.
the movie is in 48fps 3D which was totally unnecessary.In fact I hated the 3d.it was dull and obnoxious.Many scenes were without 3d and I had to remove my 3d glasses to actually see.the 48fps gave me the headache.it is advisable that you watch the movie in 2d,i am sure you would like it more.
There are few things like gandalf meeting elrond,sarumon which did not make sense,i have not read the books but they need not bring witch king's sword in between of all this,they could have made the movie 30 min shorter if they did not add these small little things.I did not find any point in adding these characters.
The direction is good but it is not as tight as LOTR,maybe peter jackon outshined himself in LOTR and its such a true masterpiece that you can't help but compare it to it and that's where it falls short.
If you are to compare this with fellowship of the rings..i remember fellowship being slower compared to the other two..so am putting my bets on desolation of smaug,that will be faster with much more action..
watch it as independent movie,you will like it,not a masterpiece but better than most crap dished these days
7/10