Before I begin my review, let me state the following facts: first, it has been at least 5 years since I read the Hobbit (possibly more, because I'm pretty sure it was during the peak of my LOTR-geekdom back when the original movies came out), and second, I don't remember a whole lot about it.
The good:
- Martin Freeman and Ian McKellan, of course. As if you expected anything else.
- Random hot dwarf. HELL-O. I'm actually torn about this, see below.
- Radagast the Brown, despite the bird poo on his face (I'm not kidding). I may be bias because he's played by Sylvester McCoy, aka: The Seventh Doctor.
- This one seemed slightly cheesier than the LOTR films, but like I said, its been quite awhile since I read the book, so I have a feeling its a little less dark and dramatic than the trilogy and so the silliness may actually be appropriate. It was still very fun though.
- The random hot dwarf. I appreciate the eye candy (which is likely why they did this), but...dwarves are not supposed to be hot. Gimli was not hot. Hot!Dwarf was also the only dwarf without a beard, so he stuck out like a sore thumb.
- Was Thorin Oakenshield that moody in the book? Crap, I need to read it again. Also, the moment between Thorin and Bilbo at the end was weirdly predictable and cheesy. I think it was trying to be like the moment between Sam and Frodo at the end of FoTR, only the corny was cranked up several notches.
Don't let me kid you, though. I would totally see this again and I was geeking out the whole time. I am particularly excited for the next installment with SMAUG! RAW DRAGON!
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OH MY GOD THE RUNNING. It's really hard to suspend disbelief when this ragtag bunch of dwarves somehow is constantly defeating LIKE TEN THOUSAND ORCS and surfing down chasms and otherwise just being videogame characters. Peter Jackson needs to calm the fuck down.
I still loved it, though.
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