"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" PG 13
Peter Jackson and his workshop return for the follow up series to the Lord of the Rings, a proper prequel called The Hobbit, which unexpectedly will please even the critics. The story is not so mired in the mythology of the previous movies you have to see them, but there is some serttling in to do, as the prologue set just before the first film sets into motion events 60 years earlier with Bilbo Baggins and his adventures to find the dragon Smaug and fight for the dwarfs to retake their Lonely Mountain where the dragon has their gold. Along the ride are characters from the other movie, with some CG to make them look a tad younger, except for Gandalf, who looks older. Jackson is not allowed to use elements from the Sillmarillion so he renames one of the jewels something else cleverly, but it is supposed to be one of them. Also the meeting of Bilbo and Gollum is changed from the original books, but as a movie they needed to do that to get it visually. The camera used shot in 48 framses per minute, twice the frame rate of modern movies, making the edges a bit fuzzy in some places, and the older people really, really looked 10 years older, when they should have been younger, (Gandalf and Sauron). But that's a nitpick. It's still an awesome movie and a welcome reunion of the cast. I look forward to the second half in a few months.(This film was just released).
Review by Adam Browne
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