The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review: ★ 3½ Quality & ☺3½ Rewatchability (4608 Ratings)

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012

Peter Jackson

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett

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Brandy E over 2 years ago

Better than expected.

Amanda Mathews 3 years ago

A great start to a single book, can't wait for more.

David Bertasso 3 years ago

Why make it three movies? Why?

Freddie Kay 4 years ago

" good start to the trilogy"

Damian Campo 4 years ago

This is a more recent film than lord of the rings but its visuals are not comparable.

Alice Albescu over 4 years ago

Different from the book, but I still enjoyed it.

Noah Rymer over 4 years ago

Peter Jacksons over the top CG action sequences ruin what could have been a great film.

Renard Bansale over 4 years ago

Adventurous, riveting, and action-packed - what else do you need?

Anders Elbæk Kristensen over 4 years ago

Always been fascinated by the Tolkien stories. A great start of a fantastic triologi

Austin over 5 years ago

Excessive and melodramatic in all the wrong ways, it just sucks.

Kosala Liyanage over 5 years ago

These are Rhosgobel Rabbits! I'd like to see them try!

Claire Pom over 5 years ago

Dissapointing. Very long. Ridiculous mix of a children's tale and an adult epic story.

Justine D. over 5 years ago

The beginning is a bit long. The rest is quite nice and quite good.

Hugh McCann over 5 years ago

It took me many years to see this film and my life was no better having seen it!

ashley lee over 5 years ago

As a huge LotR fan and Hobbit book lover I was SO DISAPPOINTED by this film.

Tony Gandía almost 6 years ago

Good starting point for a trilogy that hopefully will get better as the story gets richer.

Nate McBean almost 6 years ago

Why did they break the shortest/ easiest book into THREE movies. Way too drawn out.

John Morris almost 6 years ago

Nothing like as good as the rings trilogy, but very watchable nonetheless.

Kazi Nazrul Fattah almost 6 years ago

Not as good as the Lord of the Rings trilogy...even boring at times!

Amy Hendriks almost 6 years ago

So, so awesome!

The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and a prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer. The film will star Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. Several actors from Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom. Also returning for the production are a big part of the production crew; among others, illustrators John Howe and Alan Lee, art director Dan Hennah and cinematographer Andrew Lesnie. As with the trilogy, props will generally be crafted by Weta Workshop and visual effects managed by Weta Digital. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for...