Amazing film, of course there are negative aspects, but still superb piece of filmmaking!

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2013)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in my opinion, was a super film. There are always things to criticize but we shouldn't ruin these amazingly made movies by picking out the bad things and watching movies like this negatively and critically, but we should enjoy them and be entertained Films are meant to be entertaining and keep you glued to the screen the whole way through, and I was highly entertained. The level of visual effects and scenery just blows me away.
Of course there are things that stand out negatively, for example some mistaken castings or some scenes that just didn't fit in, or even that it was just too long and started to kick in much too late.. All those things do stand out and that was probably the reasons why the movie didn't get as good reviews as LOTR. One thing in particular that stood out for me was the overuse of CGI. I miss the sense of life that Peter brought out so perfectly in LOTR, by (for example) using real people for orcs. The Hobbit made middle earth seem like you're in Narnia or Wonderland. Also I find the character 'Azog the Defiler' to be quite unnecessary unnecessary, his chase of the dwarfs was just too much, and as I have mentioned, maybe if 'Azog' had been played by a human and not digitally animated, it would have brought more life into the film.
Excluding the mistakes, Peter Jackson got it right once again He summed the movie up perfectly and we all have to admit, it was an extremely hard to task. Well, he has done it again. He has used the same tone and themes for 'The Hobbit'. It is everything I wanted it to be. I really loved Martin Freeman's performance of Bilbo. He displayed the perfect characteristics of Bilbo, this is the Bilbo I always thought he would be like from reading the books. Also, Ian Mckellen's performance of Gandalf was just outstanding. He IS Gandalf, no-one on this earth could have played a better Gandalf.
Of course, 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy is incomparable. The style of movie making there was just phenomenal and Peter Jackson took a huge risk in making these three hobbit films, since it was an extremely hard task, but I think he has proved, once again, he truly is the one director to bring the much loved middle earth on screens. I loved the movie and I just can't wait for the second one.