Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) by Patricia W — 09 Sep 2017

After The Lord of the Rings set such a high standard for fantasy films and Peter Jackson has proved himself to be a masterful director this film is a complete an utter disappointment. The book, The Hobbit, is a short, light hearted adventure and in choosing to try and convert it to an epic trilogy, it is turned into a bloated, ridiculous story that crawls along at a snail's pace.

This is the first time I've been brought to Middle Earth and been unutterably bored and impatient with what's unfolding. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey takes a long time to get started and tries desperately to add elements that aren't in the book to tie it to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The only memorable characters in it are Bilbo and Gandalf, that Ian Mckellen and Martin Freeman play quite well, and the group of dwarves that we are supposed to invest almost 3 hours of our time into are so bland and similar to one another you find yourself just waiting for the film to be over.

The part of the story I was actually looking forward to, where Bilbo meets Gollum, is thrown away so quickly and with such little thought that I considered just walking out of the cinema altogether. Not worth anyone's time, I do not look forward to watching the rest of the disaster trilogy.