The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[Sideshow Spock]

[Nostalgiabuff]

Gandalf did not have the ring. Bilbo finds it. Gandalf will go with the White Council and chase the Necromancer out of Mirkwood and he will then return to Mordor and reveal himself as Sauron

as far as the dwarves always needing saving, that is how is happened in the book. Bilbo is the hero and has to constantly save the day

[stevenlore]

I saw it sunday, It was a good movie, but there was ennough back story that Jackson didn't need to reimagine. How will they explaim where Gandalf got the ring, when it was Radagast (in the movie) who first went to Dol Guldor and saw the Necromancer.

[Gorn Captain]

Good movie, but it has its flaws.
It's too long, and many different Tolkien elements have been brought together, which is not great for the flow of the story. LOTR was much smoother.
I love the Dwarves, but I wish they were a little more...competent. They need to be saved out of scrapes on most occasions.
There are elements which I would have cut out to speed things up, like the fight of the stone giants. Looks great, but you can't help but wonder "why?". Why are they fighting each other, and is it needed in the story?

Really loved Radagast, I mean he even has a sled drawn by bunnies! I'll buy that action figure!!!

The Orc and Warg stuff is not really suited for young children (and not for my wife either who "has had enough of Orcs").

So all things considered, I think this movie is in need of a strict editor. After that, it will be better. And the humor is good, but also a little too much at times. I mean, the Dwarves are funny, and the Goblins, and the Trolls, etc. Peter Jackson: this is not a comedy, and we don't need any Jar Jars.
It's a good start, and I really had hoped that this wouldn't be drawn out to nine hours total, but who am I?

And the thing with the eagles?
Not again!

[fallensaviour]

My son and I both loved the film!!!
Thought it was fantastic.
Also felt it ended at a good point.

[fallensaviour]

Going tonight to the 2D version.My son is not a fan of 3-D so 2-D it is.
He does get car sick once in awhile so I hope he is okay with this film???

[satanmego]

Hi friends !

I have seen the film this weekend in 3D 48 fps and it was incredible !

Peter Jackson is great !! And this news teathers prepared to see this new tecnology are great too:

http://www.elsmillorscines.com/fullhd/Como_son_los_cines.pdf

I was really excited because you get fully into the film.

[boynightwing]

One thing I'm noticing as someone who works at the theater is the number of people coming out of the movie at various intervals to take breaks. Some walk up and down the halls. Some buy food. Some just sit in the lobby for 10 minutes. I'm not sure what to make of that.

[raider5gt]

Glad you guys like the movie,I will try and get to see it with my partner over the Christmas period,hopefully in 2D.

[phil]

I saw the regular version this afternoon and enjoyed it. For a three hour movie I felt it was well paced with the slight exception of the sequence with the Trolls. I think that went on a bit too long. Too bad the next film is year away.

[k2]

i saw it in 3d-hfr and i loved it, there were a few things i didn't like that were kinda cheap Hollywood/george lucas kinda things, but i thought it did fit with the younger feel of the book as compared to the heaviness of lotr
can't wait to see it again, i will opt for reg 3d or 2d just to compare, the hfr was really cool, but will take some getting used to as a movie goer

anybody have thoughts on the hfr, would love to get some discussion going on that

[madmarva]

he stopped and threw up all over the floor.....yuck!

Wow, you saw it in 3D and smellorama! Pretty cool.

[Bruce Banner]

Definitely going to see this.
Although the book is relatively short, there's more than enough back story and appendices to draw on to encompass three movies.

[Nostalgiabuff]

the Goblin king is scary looking but not really scary as a character once he starts talking. he is even kind of funny

[drquest]

like LOTR there is violence but very little to no blood. the scenes with the Orcs and Goblins are the most violent with some amputations and beheadings. i did not think twice about brining my kids and did not regeret it.

I agree.... The pale orc is probably the scariest looking thing, and if your kids have seen the LOTR's then they've seen it all.