The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
What can I say about this movie? If you remember what Peter Jackson did with The Lord of the Rings trilogy regardless of what I write here you will likely see the movie anyway. Dont worry, what Im writing here will reinforce that as the correct decision.
You only need to look at the cast of actors to realise how much amazing talent has been brought to bear on this film. Sir Ian McKellan, Martain Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, and of course the master of motion performance capture Andy Serkis. All of them regardless of how much time they spent on the screen were their characters, you believed everything, and with the advancements in motion capture technology you cant even tell that Gollum isnt real, the amount of facial detail that was captured this time around was just unbelievable.
The story itself is Bilbo Baggins getting swept up into an adventure to retake the lost Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor that was taken by an ancient fire drake named Smaug, and the journey to the Lonely Mountain is fraught with peril. Orcs, goblins, wargs, trolls, and of course Gollum. A tale of loss, courage, and discovering self it hits all of the best of heroic fantasy tales, which you would expect from the man who practically invented the genre. J.R.R. Tolkien.
Remember that this is an adaptation of the novel so there will be discrepancies however Peter Jackson stays true to the novel as much as he can and although it has been over a decade since I last tried read it I didnt notice any. Also although The Hobbit was only one book, in order to do justice to the story, Peter Jackson is breaking it into three parts to be released around Christmas over the next three years. 2013 will bring us The Desolation of Smaug, and the final instalment in 2014 There and Back Again.
My only regret is that I wasnt able to see this film in the somewhat controversial 42 frames per second. In fact after checking there isnt a single theatre in the Niagara or Halton regions that will be showing it in 42 FPS unless so unless you want to head to Toronto.
Final rating 5/5
What can I say about this movie? If you remember what Peter Jackson did with The Lord of the Rings trilogy regardless of what I write here you will likely see the movie anyway. Dont worry, what Im writing here will reinforce that as the correct decision.
You only need to look at the cast of actors to realise how much amazing talent has been brought to bear on this film. Sir Ian McKellan, Martain Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, and of course the master of motion performance capture Andy Serkis. All of them regardless of how much time they spent on the screen were their characters, you believed everything, and with the advancements in motion capture technology you cant even tell that Gollum isnt real, the amount of facial detail that was captured this time around was just unbelievable.
The story itself is Bilbo Baggins getting swept up into an adventure to retake the lost Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor that was taken by an ancient fire drake named Smaug, and the journey to the Lonely Mountain is fraught with peril. Orcs, goblins, wargs, trolls, and of course Gollum. A tale of loss, courage, and discovering self it hits all of the best of heroic fantasy tales, which you would expect from the man who practically invented the genre. J.R.R. Tolkien.
Remember that this is an adaptation of the novel so there will be discrepancies however Peter Jackson stays true to the novel as much as he can and although it has been over a decade since I last tried read it I didnt notice any. Also although The Hobbit was only one book, in order to do justice to the story, Peter Jackson is breaking it into three parts to be released around Christmas over the next three years. 2013 will bring us The Desolation of Smaug, and the final instalment in 2014 There and Back Again.
My only regret is that I wasnt able to see this film in the somewhat controversial 42 frames per second. In fact after checking there isnt a single theatre in the Niagara or Halton regions that will be showing it in 42 FPS unless so unless you want to head to Toronto.
Final rating 5/5
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I must admit I'm not much of an ocean person. I like looking at it for about 5 minutes before I get bored, and I love the smell of the ocean. I get more excited for meadows and forests, though. Probably because I grew up inland, far away from the sea.