I wish I could give this more stars

Rating: 6/10 (11 January 2014)

I had high hopes for this movie, considering what Mr Jackson did with LOTR. And it was very pretty and entertaining. Unfortunately, I feel that he is stretching a great story thin, making unnecessary changes and additions to make more money. Perhaps I'm stubborn, but there was a story I fell in love with when I was a child that I feel has been altered for no other reason than to fill three more films. My other problem with it was the foreshadowing of things to come. These things have all ready been dealt with in LOTR, so why treat it like it's a big mystery? In my opinion, it plays like the Star Wars saga. George Lucas decided to create the better trilogy first, leaving the prequel for later, making it less important and just boring. I don't think the Hobbit is boring; however, if Jackson had wanted to use it as a prequel, he should have made it first. I don't think Tolkien wrote this as a prequel. The changes Jackson made to LOTR made the story more action-packed, which was necessary to sell the films. The Hobbit had enough action within it. In my opinion, what he added took away from the story.
What I love about The Hobbit is it is an adventure. It tells of how Bilbo's life was changed when he ventured into the unknown and began to expand his horizons. If he knew that horrible things might come from things discovered on his journey, he wouldn't have gone and there wouldn't be this wonderful tale. In my opinion, Jackson should have kept it the way it was. Why improve a perfect fantasy?