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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Directed by Peter Jackson

Fantasy | Adventure

Most recently watched by sensoria, schofizzy, ashe5k, vivalaserdisc, Javitron, CaptainBigTime, Angjonesy, squeegull, strangenotes, noahphex

Overview

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Rated PG-13 | Length 169 minutes

Actors

Ian McKellen | Martin Freeman | Richard Armitage | James Nesbitt | Ken Stott | Sylvester McCoy | Barry Humphries | Aidan Turner | Dean O'Gorman | Graham McTavish | Adam Brown | Peter Hambleton | John Callen | Mark Hadlow | Jed Brophy | William Kircher | Stephen Hunter | Andy Serkis | Cate Blanchett | Lee Pace | Hugo Weaving | Christopher Lee | Ian Holm | Elijah Wood | Benedict Cumberbatch | Manu Bennett | Conan Stevens | Jeffrey Thomas | Michael Mizrahi | John Rawls | Stephen Ure | Timothy Bartlett | Bret McKenzie | Kiran Shah | Glenn Boswell | Thomas Robins | Ruby Acevedo | Katie Jackson | Isaac Miller | Ella Olssen | Louis Ashbourne Serkis | Sonny Ashbourne Serkis | Ruby Ashbourne Serkis | Terry Notary | Peter Jackson | Brendan Casey

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Viewing Notes

I wasn’t sure that THE HOBBIT the book could be split into three movies, but the first film gives me more hope. The film certainly needs a stronger editing hand and there are a few minor annoyances like GQ dwarves appearing next to dwarvey Dwarves and Bilbo making multiple speeches of his worthiness, but all in all it was a good effort and a good time.

What was more annoying was the crowd. When the Middle Earth font first appeared, people clapped. Ok. Then the title came up. Ok. And then they clapped in the first scene and almost every scene after that. Triple ugh. As the shit icing on a crap cake, some girl behind us frequently whimpered or sighed when something happened on screen, especially when the dwarves started appearing. The. Worst.

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