Lacking the finesse of the trilogy.

Rating: 1/10 (13 January 2013)

The new characters are not as 3 dimensional. I didn't find myself really caring about them. Some of the dwarfs are Muppet-like and goofy in how they looked. Too much computer animation, of which was not well done; especially with the forest creators and the main "bad guy". They tried too hard to stay true to the original characters and in doing so some of them were too "wooden" or two dimensional. The humour wasn't the same- it was more silly or ridiculous than fun and purposeful. There were some repeated actions or catch lines from the trilogy. I guess I hoped for the same in-depth characters and attention to detail and high standards that was in the trilogy. It simply wasn't there in the "Hobbit".