I'll be there and back again!

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2012)

I don't understand much of the criticism of movie critics and the reviewers on IMDb. They complain that the movie takes too long to get going. They apparently expected a non-stop action driven movie. Not even the epic LOTR movies were non-stop action and tended to slow down a lot (for instance the ending of ROTK was very long stretched). I don't mind the tempo of the hobbit. In fact, I enjoy the prologue to get back into the world of Middle Earth. Another criticism is the new technology of the HFR 3D. I saw the movie in this format and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't like all the critics claimed. It didn't disturb me at all. The length and the stretching of the story was also not to the liking of many viewers. Peter Jackson didn't change anything to the story but simply added a few subplots. As I see it, Peter Jackson is a genius of modern filmmaking. Not only does he succeed to bring us back to middle-earth, but he is completely consistent in doing so. When finished, the 6 Middle-Earth movies will be completely in line with each other and Peter will have gifted the world with what I truly believe is the single most magnificent fantasy adventure ever brought to the screen. I don't mind criticism if it is just, but in this case it's simply not. Do I need to remind everybody that Jackson succeeds where countless directors have failed. Think about it. Lucas destroyed Star Wars by making the prequels; Spielberg destroyed Indiana Jones by introducing aliens to the series; Ridley Scott makes a totally irrelevant prequel to Alien. The least one can say is that Jackson stays true to himself and to his vision. The Middle-Earth he created (to me) is just a great place to be in. I hope he doesn't listen to the critics and finishes the next two movies just the way he always planned. He can count on me. I'll be there and back again!