I feel broken hearted

Rating: 4/10 (17 August 2013)

Before I begin reviewing this movie, I have to tell you that I'm a big Tolkien nerd. And with that I mean the books. But It all started with the Lord of the Rings movies, so I'm also a big fan of the movies.
I looked forward to this movie for 3 years or so. Ever since I first heard they were making a movie about the Hobbit. Maybe it even started earlier, after I saw LotR and read the Hobbit. But it doesn't matter. I was very anxious to see this movie, and I tracked every detail. Which actors, crew members, director. There was a period they said Del Torro was going to direct it, and I felt sad. I wanted everything to be exactly the way it was in LotR. And finally, when they announced that Peter Jackson was going to direct the movie, I felt happy.
I went to the cinema with some friends, picked the best seats I could imagine. Of course went to the iMax 3D version and sat down with a over sized bucket of popcorn and a beer. I watched the movie in one run, there was no break. After the movie finished my friends went to a bar to discuss the movie. I went with them and got completely drunk. Why? To forget all my sorrows, laid upon me by this absolute ^$*# they dare to call a movie. I felt heartbroken. It felt like I visited the lake house where I went with my parents when I was a child. Only to discover now that it has become a dark, filthy place filled with skyscrapers and Guido's.
The movie was stretched, it was too long with too little to tell. The scene in bag end was long and boring, missing the point completely. The whole movie felt like a childish, cheap remake of what could be the movie of the year. The CGI was bad, the music was bad... They put characters in it just to please the simple minded LotR fans.
As you see I'm still angry, and it's purely because I'm sad. Very, very sad. My childhood love has turned into an ugly piece of *$%#.
But hey, maybe there's still hope. There are yet two parts to come. But for now the only thing I regret is that I was happy with the decision that Peter Jackson was going to direct the movie. Maybe Del Torro was not such a bad idea.