THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY MOVIE

THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY MOVIE

Unlike reading a book, where a child’s imagination is limited by his or her own experience, this movie often details battle scenes with fairly explicit imagery. Perhaps the greatest issue with this film will be the question of its appropriateness for some of the youngest admirers of the novel. That being said, at least the visuals are an engaging feast filled with digital and real world characters and objects. Battles are tediously long and there’s lots of time to admire the beautiful surroundings of the director’s home and native land (this franchise is also shot in New Zealand). Considering this time director Peter Jackson only has one book to stretch into three movies, this adventure sometimes slows to the pace of a hobbit on holidays. And don’t expect a tidy ending, with this being only the first in yet another triple title adaptation. Like the LOTR trio, this film easily winds past the two-hour mark. Of courses the trip will also provide some pivotal meetings, the most notable being Bilbo’s discovery of Gollum (Andy Serkis) deep in the goblin tunnels where the young hobbit also comes across the emaciated being’s most precious possession-The Ring.

Undaunted, they hope to find their way to the Lonely Mountain where the dragon lays amongst their riches and gold. Orcs, goblins, trolls, giant spiders and a variety of other nasty nemeses populate the screen en masse giving much opportunity for epic scenes of swordplay. Led by the legendary warrior Thorin (Richard Armitage) and under the guidance of the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), the little group battles a new foe around every corner… and in every scene. The tale opens with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) reminiscing to Frodo (Elijah Wood) about a time, 60 years ago, when he became the very unwilling 14th member of a Dwarf army determined to regain their lands from fierce invading dragon named Smaug. And no nay saying of any kind is likely to keep them from filling up theater seats.įor the few, like me, who have not enthusiastically read the book, you can anticipate a road trip movie of massive proportions-think Lord of the Rings with a little more humor and not quite as much blood. Released nearly a decade after the first of Peter Jackson’s film depicting the troublesome ring that was tossed into the fiery pit, Tolkien aficionados have had their eye firmly set on the day the acclaimed author’s junior companion novel would be put to film.

There are a few movies that are “critic proof,” and needless to say The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is likely one of those select titles.

The hobbit an unexpected journey