The Beginning of the Story

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2016)

We left our band of misfits of dwarfs, hobbits and wizard on their way to the Lonely Mountain to defeat the dragon Smaug to reclaim the mountain but along their way to battle the dragon and take back the mountain, a certain evil arises in the west, high on a mountain full of fire and brimstone lays a certain shroud from ages before. A shroud that covers the west of Middle Earthbut we'll leave that for the sequels in the Lord of the Rings movies to tell that side of the story. This movie deals with the battle that ensues between the forces of dark and the forces of the good of those who have hope for Middle Earth. I am glad Peter Jackson went back to tell the story of how we begin our journey into the land of Middle Earth and how we came upon the One Ring. This movie was the breaking point between the gap of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It brings that fresh depth of how we know the story. So what happens next? Well, it's all in the hands of one familiar hobbit.