CGI Overkill

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2015)

Since The Fellowship of the Ring came out, I have loved everything LOTR/Tolkien related. But the Hobbit lost the magic with me. Turning the book into three movies was risky, but I don't mind some of the added content, such as were Gandalf went off to. Some of the other added content that was no where close to what Tolkien wrote was a little hard to watch, but it's forgivable. What I really struggled with was the CGI. The overall look of the film was just off. I wasn't in Middle Earth anymore. The orcs/goblins looked funny. Compared to LOTR, the Hobbit was a cartoon.
Despite all that.... The movie still brought aspects from the book to life that made me feel like a kid again when I first started reading Tolkien's work. I was happy to see this story on the big screen. It's worth watching, even though the CGI is overkill.