Spellbinding!

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2015)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is an iconic storyline about the struggle between good and evil, complete with all of the drama and pageantry surrounding the attacks by Smaug and the final Battle. Good clearly defined against evil, just as Tolkien wrote it. While the film was somewhat "heavy-handed" with the use of CGI, there is no doubt that it was a required necessity. For those who would dispute the need, I challenge you to show me an orc army ready for filming which would not require hours daily in make-up for hundreds. Even though this has been done for many films, and it is possible to expand the number of people "seen" with electronic technology, it inevitably comes out looking like computer expansion. All in all, an excellent job.