Expectation to High?

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2012)

The movie was good, the story great, and the cinematography excellent - I suppose this was a great film; however, I didn't leave feeling it was a great film!
I didn't hit me like the *Lord of The Rings* trilogy had was I anticipating it to much, expecting to much? and it just didn't live up to my expectation?
I don't know, it felt slow at times giving us gaps that did nothing. We would see the beautiful world (middle earth) but there was no "building of the story" or filling in the blanks in these "down" periods.
Maybe we are just all to familiar with "Middle Earth" and the characters and that familiarity lends itself to boredom.
Still I would recommend seeing this movie - Just don't expect to much, the anticipation might kill it.