The EPIC to serve us all

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2013)

The heart that carries this movie is much more than the extension to the RINGS saga it may seem. The depth of landscape is on such a grand scale that it dwarfs (no pun intended) any other epic. The sfx skills have taken leaps and bounds to convince that the actors have genuinely taken reduction pills? A gripping story line pretty much blows away the doubters that just one book couldn't carry it. Martin Freeman gives a great performance of an innocent caught up in something beyond his little world. Even the opening sequence of the dragon attack was way beyond any other start to a movie. This wasn't just a bunch of guys beset with Fantasy problems, it was a quest beyond all quests. One of the few films I could happily have immediately watched again. A great accomplishment, well done Peter.