Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) by Twitu — 25 Jan 2019

I read the Hobbit the first time about 20 years before this movie and was instantly hooked. It was only natural to read the other JRR Tolkien work after it.

This movie captures the atmosphere of the book perfectly. Other people here say they dont like how its stretched so much over 3 different film, but honestly that makes it perfect. It tells the story more like a book. You actually have time to look at the details in the sets and the countryside, on the characters, etc. Not to mention its rewatch-value is extremely high because of that. Even after the 5th time seeing it you still notice new things you didnt notice before.

While the first part is the best one, the others are not that far behind. The second one is still very strong (9) and the last one has too much fighting at the end, which ruins the excitement and story telling (7).

Compared to The Lord of the Rings its a much better trilogy. Maybe because of Del Toros work?

Watching Lord of the Rings makes me feel somewhat empty at the end. Its not told was well, because many details and side stories of the books are missing and it seem hastened (even the extended versions).

But the Hobbit trilogy is very fulfilling. Sure it has its flaws, like Legolas looking and feeling totally different because of his weird eyes and sometimes very bad and overdone CGI, but its still very good.