¨My dear Frodo, you asked me once if I
had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. Well, I can
honestly say I've told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it.¨
After the
huge success that Peter Jackson had adapting The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he
brings us the prequel (which he has decided to do in three films as well). Of
course fans are coming into this film with huge expectations, and I’m sure that
fans of Tolkien will really love Jackson´s direction here since he himself is a
huge fan of the series. I really loved his work in The Lord of the Rings, but wasn’t
really too excited about The Hobbit. First of all, as much as I enjoyed the
original trilogy, I couldn’t manage to watch those films again since I find
them hard to rewatch, especially for being so long. Second I really wasn’t thrilled
when I heard that Jackson was making three films instead of only two. This
meant that the film would stretch out a little too far by adding some unnecessary
elements that perhaps only true fans of the series would enjoy. Those fears
were fulfilled while I was enduring the 160 minute long movie. I really didn’t get
into the film until the last 60 minutes or so when Gollum appeared. The film
actually takes 40 minutes before the actual journey even begins. I felt Jackson
was just trying to stretch out the film a little too much so he could have an
excuse to make three films and make a bigger profit. Well I have to admit the
final third of the movie did raise my grade for The Hobbit and made it a worthwhile
watch. I wouldn’t recommend it if you haven’t seen The Lord of the Rings, but
if you have and you enjoyed those fabulous movies you might want to check this
out with a bit lowered expectations. I really don’t think this trilogy was
necessary, but fans might not agree with me.
Bilbo Baggins
(Martin Freeman) is approached by Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) to go on a
journey alongside 13 warrior dwarves who want to reclaim their mountain home.
The Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor was once majestic and powerful, but a fire dragon
named Smaug, attracted by the gold, attacked them and forced them out of the
mountain. The dwarves were forced to live as nomads and their King was murdered
by Azog the orc during war. The King´s grandson, Thorin (Richard Armitage),
survived and led his people bravely to victory, but it came at a huge price.
Now 60 years later he and 12 other dwarves have decided to go on a quest with
the help of Gandalf- the magician- and Bilbo who Gandalf insists must travel
with them. He sees good and kindness in the hobbit, who he knows will be a good
ally in times of need. Once they begin their journey towards the mountain they face
several different kinds of enemies. It is not until they reach the goblin
tunnels that Bilbo runs into Gollum (Andy Serkis) and finds the ring (which we
are all familiar with from The Lord of the Rings trilogy). The quest for the
mountain lies ahead, but they must face many more obstacles first.
Peter Jackson
once again delivers great visuals with some great looking fight scenes. It is
nothing we haven’t seen before in his other works, but it still is magnificent
to look at. He also adds a few cameos from some of the characters we have all
come to love, but in all honesty I had a lot of problems with the pacing of
this film. It just took forever to get started and I had a hard time watching
this. Perhaps the second film will be better in that there won´t need to be an
introduction and we are already set into the action because the final third of
the movie was pretty good. The film however is still very far from
accomplishing what Jackson did in the original trilogy. He just pays so much
attention to detail that the narrative feels too stretched out. This adventure
film has its moments that make the movie worthwhile, but other moments feel
completely dull and tiresome. I felt like there were several obstacles I had to
get over before I could really sit down and enjoy the movie. This isn’t a bad movie;
I would say it is more of a disappointing one considering it had to live up to
the high standards of its predecessor. Another thing I felt didn’t work as well
as in the original trilogy was the comedy. I found most of the funny scenes
pretty unfunny actually and a little too forced. The jokes didn’t really work
with me. The visuals as spectacular as they might be are not corresponded well
with the narrative and pacing of the film which left me weary and tedious. Having
that said, this is still much better than most of the sequels that have been
made and fans will be pleased with Jackson´s work.
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