Popcorn and
a Movie!
At home
theater DVD releases:
The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
New Line
Cinema, Peter Jackson, Director
The 1937
novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien is brought to life by the capable hands of
Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings Trilogy fame and why not since this is just
the first installment of the Tolkien epic adventure.
Jackson is
creative in bringing back familiar characters from the LOTR series to tie up
all the eventual six movies, seamlessly transforming the trilogy into a
hexology?
For
instance, Frodo isn’t in the Hobbit, but he is in the Unexpected Journey film transitioning
the Hobbit series into the start of the Fellowship of the Rings, and so on and
so on.
You don’t
have to be a fan of Lord of the Rings, nor do you have to have read the books,
to follow the adventures of the main character, Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who
enjoys food, a warm fire, a good smoke and quietness.
But of
course, an adventure doesn't usually concern itself with such things.
Instead,
this first movie will have a great deal of discomfort for Baggins, but if you
enjoy epic fantasy, humorous characters, dwarves, action and fun, then you will
put up with the drawn out historical flashbacks that pad the story from Tolkien’s
other, less read novel referencing all the LOTR and Hobbit back stories, the Silmarillion.
It is a
visual movie, filled with striking worlds and creatures, well done and enhanced
by a beautiful movie score by Howard Shore.
As a geek,
nerdish mother of four boys, it’s awesome! As a true fan, a reader of the book
is a smorgishborg of Tolkien delight.
As your
regular, average movie watcher it should capture your attention and bring you
into the story and maybe you will be eager for the next movie in Dec. 2013, The
Desolation of Smaug.
The Hobbit
is PG-13 for violence. There are scary things in Middle Earth and much sword
and arrow fighting, and the Worgs, are vicious wolves that are ridden by even
uglier Goblins. But the most disturbing of all characters is Smeagol, also
known as Gollum, the once hobbit like creature that is a very vital story line for all the LOTR series.
If you are
not into epic fantasy, then skip this film, but take care, if you enjoy a road
adventure with fighting and camaraderie, you might be missing out.
Teens and
adolescents will love it, adults in touch with their inner child will love it,
and any reader of Tolkien should not miss it.
After all,
who doesn’t enjoy a charming short man with hairy feet such as Bilbo Baggins?
As for me, I
recommend it enthusiastically! I give it a full 4 buckets of popcorn rating!
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| FOUR BUCKETS **** |
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