Amazing Film!

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2012)

The film was just excellent, from beginning to very end I was submersed in what was truly an epic adventure, cannot wait to see the next installments now.
What really impressed me was the sense of humour used in the film along with great scenes that keep your heart racing. I would really recommend this film to anyone out there that enjoyed the book, and previous LOTR films.
I think negative reviews are a bit too over the top. Books are able to go into more detail, but when you are creating a film you have to visually create all important parts from the book, you can't possibly go into as much detail in films. The detail is less of the words and more in the visually aspects, and wow it really does keep your eyes on the screen!
The credit goes to how well the characters appear, and how well the geographical landmarks are represented by use of New Zealand's draw dropping scenery and landscape.
A lot of the credits also have to go to the artists and designers that create such amazing characters have done really well, the make-up artists in particular have done a great job on each character, and gives each one a personal trait. Really like the each individual touches to each dwarf, Bombur was so funny, seemed to be eating in nearly every scene, The CGI is also excellent, the dwarf kingdom Erebor looks really impressive in the opening scenes, and so does Rivendell, in fact every scene has excellent CGI from the shire, to Dol Guldur.
I think people should be less critical about certain aspects of Jacksons work and focus enjoying the film and watching some what truly magnificent pieces of cinema!
All the characters are played really well by an excellent cast, good mixture of heroic, evil and comical characters, make it such an all round great film!
Thanks Peter Jackson for making the best of what are my favourite books, I'm sure you will have made Tolkien a very happy man, as you have turned his excellent stories into a visual masterpiece!
10/10 for me, can't wait for the second and third now!