An amazing return to Middle earth!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2012)

I'm not going to spoil this for anyone so therefore this will be a rather short review.
Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and basically everyone else were just brilliant, they really are a great cast and it shows. Especially Gollum who is so dimensional, actually at one point I teared up because he was so cute (when you see the movie you will know.) The story is great, it's action packed and never leaves you bored or restless. Not even in the shire, the movie didn't feel long or dragged out - in fact it could almost be longer!
All the dwarfs are fun, the CGI is amazing (the trolls, OH MY GOD, it felt like they were actually real!) except for Azog the Defiler who for some reason felt a little too unreal, but it definitely wasn't bad!
I loved every second of this movie and I'm definitely going to see it again, but don't compare it to LOTR because it's not. This is The Hobbit so enjoy it for what it is and you won't be disappointed!
I saw this in 48 FPS, which was really odd at first. But like everyone else said you do get used to it after a while. It really depends on who is watching to tell if it's good or not, i'd probably say that if you're content with the usual 24 fps format and don't really like change then don't watch it but if you're feeling adventurous and is open for new things i'd say go for it!
Can't wait for Desolation of Smaug!