An unexpected journey: extended edition

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2015)

In this review I'll consider the extended edition of the film. The hobbit, in my opinion, is an example of a book-based movie that has been expanded and modified respect the book in a positive way. Various things differ from the original "The hobbit" novel, many of the things shown in the movie are only mentioned in either the hobbit or the fellowship of the ring, some other stuff was added without appearing at all in the Tolkien books. Other than cowing cash, this is why a such short novel's movie adaptation required a division in three movies: the story got expanded so much that the amount of events couldn't fit in a single movie but required further divisions. Also said expansions made a bigger bondage of the hobbit trilogy to the Lord of the Rings trilogy as it would've had otherwise. The Hobbit: an unexpexcted journey is greatly entertaining, even if it is 3 hours long. Homever, understanding the importance of certain scenes might require a view of either at least "the fellowship of the ring" or the entire LOTR trilogy. There's nothing I can criticize, not even the extensive use of CGI, because it just worked well (better than in 'The Two Towers'), the well-done acting of the actors, or the music. Everything just worked well together, and made the movie really entertaining despite the lenght of it. The only problem with "an unexpected journey" is the lenght that doesn't allow to watch the movie that often.