"From the Smallest begins ... Becomes the greatest legend" Peter Jackson has maken a point on this prhase.

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2013)

After The Lord of the Rings (best trilogy ever made), in which each film was truly a masterpiece, rumors emerged years later saying that Peter Jackson would make the movie "The Hobbit" inspired by the work of Tolkien, which tells the story before the events of Lord of the Rings, Mr. Jackson denied everything saying it had closed its vision of Middle-earth, and in 2011 the team from the original trilogy was reunited with Peter Jackson at the command, promising a new trilogy.
Months passed and I was dying with anxiety to see the film; trailers for the film appeared; I get even more anxious. And finally ... in December I attended on opening day of "Un Enexpected Journey" and was just ... FANTASTIC. I'm still impressed with Peter Jackson, he never disappoints in his films, and this is another proof that he is one of the best directors in the business. And so he remains faithful to Tolkien's work is impressive, clear that this was the 1st film in the trilogy, here we can see the first 6 chapters of the book, it also means that there will be much ahead.
Jackson in this film focuses attention on things that have not been explored much in the Lord of the Rings, the Dwarfs for example, in the Lord of the Rings we only saw one, we see 13 in this one; in the Lord of the Rings we saw an army of goblins, in this one we see an infestation. And it's much more fun, with scenes of dying laughing and you get to love the characters.
The characters are superb, Ian McKellen as Gandalf as always badass and fantastic, Martin Freeman just transform himself to Bilbo (main character), and Andy Serkis as Gollum / Smeagol without words, he is more real than ever. Special effects on top of the range, with extremely epic and fantastic scenes, with a Excellent soundtrack. And always staying faithful to the original trilogy, and books.
A film that in my opinion is for the whole family laugh, have fun, and if you are emotive might even cry.