Tolkien Must be Turning in His Grave

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2012)

Peter Jackson turns one of the greatest books of all time in to an action movie, consisting primarily of anonymous dwarfs somehow avoiding death, while being attacked by various enemies including wargs, trolls, goblins, Klingons, zombies, whatever.
Jackson seems to have lost his love for Tolkien and gone for cheap thrills instead. I really can't see any redeeming features other than the performance of Martin Freeman as Bilbo. While the dwarfs look physically distinct (they really don't look or act any differently yo the humans in LoTR), there was zero character development.
Gandalf does a great job of waiting until the last possible moment to use magic to help the dwarfs get out of precarious situations, which could have helped them avoid the situations in the first place.
I must admit, I did fall asleep for about 20 minutes but that was probably the only thing that stopped me from walking out. If you haven't read the book, please do so and you'll realize why I'm so annoyed.