Quick Hobbit review

As usually happens, I agree with Steven Greydanus.  I think the problem is that it wasn't hitting all all cylinders right out of the gate.  In the opening to the Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson just nails it.  The beginning of the Hobbit, there were great parts, especially the singing of the dwarves, but they I think missed on the rousing of Bilbo.  The introduction of Radagast whiffed(there's only a passing reference in the book).  The trolls scene was too modified for me to enjoy.  After you get past that it is good.  There were even some adaptions in scenes toward the end that were not true to the book which I really liked.  If you think of The Hobbit as a prequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and not so much as a movie version of JRR Tolkien's book, you will be less disappointed.  Since the action will be picked up much more in the next two movies, I expect them to be better.  All in all, still a good movie, but not on the same level as Jackson's original trilogy.  Oh, by the way, the high frame rate did not bother me at all. 

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