Rate The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

[The Josh]

I do admit to getting a bit emotional hearing the main hobbit theme or whatever it is as they were starting to make their journey. A true joy to head back to PJ/Tolkien's Middle Earth.

*clicks like button

 

[Adolfo]

I do admit to getting a bit emotional hearing the main hobbit theme or whatever it is as they were starting to make their journey. A true joy to head back to PJ/Tolkien's Middle Earth.

That is what many dont get...It's about relating to the story and adventure in Middle Earth in a film that does it so well...If one who watches this manages to do that in this film, it conquers all

 

[Shai]

Reading the critics, I thought this movie was going to suck, but I absolutely love it!!! 9/10 !!! Better than ROTK for me.My third favorite movie in the franchise so far.I didnt want it to end.I saw it in a normal theatre so the experience was great for me. No 3d, no 48 crap for me.

2nd best movie of 2012 for me after Avengers... Now waiting for Django in a week !!!

 

[Khev]

Yeah, the professional critics are really kind of embarrassing themselves with this one.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, the professional critics are really kind of embarrassing themselves with this one.

Agreed.

 

[CelticPredator]

Yeah, the professional critics are really kind of embarrassing themselves with this one.

I think RLM brought up the reason as to why.

The other flicks are the main course, and this film is just the appetizer after the main couse.

Now, despite that, it's still a good movie, but expectations, as usual, ruin everything.

They expected this, when they should've just let the movie be what it is. It's got problems...but if I had to give it what I believe it deserves as an average rating, probably about a 75 or maybe a 78...something like that.

Really really good. Not great. But worth seeing. But hey, bad reviews allowed me to like it more, so it's not a big deal for me.

 

[DinoDB1975]

Great post

Very nice read DinoDB1975. My wife really enjoyed it as well, it was her first LOTR on the big screen and right now she likes it the best of the four. She doesn't know the story though so it was kind of funny to hear her say afterward that she fully expected Gandalf to call Galadriel when they were stuck up in the trees after their conversation in Rivendell.

I do admit to getting a bit emotional hearing the main hobbit theme or whatever it is as they were starting to make their journey. A true joy to head back to PJ/Tolkien's Middle Earth.

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.

I remember how excited I was at seeing Burton's Batman in the theater back in '89. And how awesome it was to see Predator, Aliens, and T2 (among other movies) in the theaters. Luckily I had an older cousin that would take me to see all the movies I wanted when I was a kid in elementary school. Hell, she was even cool enough to buy a ticket for me to see Aliens, and lie to the usher and say "I need to park the car, I just want to get him seated". She left and went to see some Michael Dudikoff movie in ANOTHER theater.

Of course, growing up in the 80's, Star Wars was huge. I loved the original trilogy. But none of those movies compares to LOTR for me. I read the books in high school and to see Peter Jackson bring it to life was fantastical. I almost envied some of my friends and family that have never read the books and were able to experience Tolkien's world fresh for the first time (this is one of the reasons I refuse to read any of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books until after the corresponding season has been aired on Game of Thrones). I was 26 when The Fellowship of the Ring came out, and I swear, I was like a little kid on Christmas sitting at the midnight show at my local theater on opening night. My girlfriend (wife now) gave me all kinds of crap for how geeked out I was, but after seeing FOTR, on the way out of the theater, she said to me, almost with chagrin "I think that was the best movie I've ever seen". All of Howard Shore's music have magical themes that resonate within me: the hobbit theme, the Fellowship theme, the Gondorian theme, the Rohirrim theme, etc.

After watching The Hobbit yesterday, my wife and walked through the mall to finish up our Christmas shopping, and I was humming the Dwarf theme the whole time. "You're such a dork,' my wife said.

So what? If a movie can transport this 37 year old father of two to a happy place in my past, then it has more than succeeded.

 

[The Josh]

That's awesome! Those feelings are what I feel when I watch the movies, read the books, or even play my lego lotr game.

 

[Kibagami]

After watching The Hobbit yesterday, my wife and walked through the mall to finish up our Christmas shopping, and I was humming the Dwarf theme the whole time. "You're such a dork,' my wife said.

Seriously; after watching the hobbit I kept (still) on whistling that damned shire theme.

 

[Niltusk]

Seriously; after watching the hobbit I kept (still) on whistling that damned shire theme.

Loved the music, loved the songs. Great atmosphere.

 

[Darkseed]

I fell asleep during the first half of the film but I am not a huge fan of LoTR. The ending was better but CGI in parts wow....

The ultimate question is if the gray wizard can summon giants birds why most they walk the entire journey?

Anyway, glad the fans enjoy it.....

 

[carbo-fation]

Reading the critics, I thought this movie was going to suck, but I absolutely love it!!! 9/10 !!! Better than ROTK for me.My third favorite movie in the franchise so far.I didnt want it to end.I saw it in a normal theatre so the experience was great for me. No 3d, no 48 crap for me.

2nd best movie of 2012 for me after Avengers... Now waiting for Django in a week !!!

I never knew you liked LOTR. I always thought you hated it along with DC.

 

[Kibagami]

I fell asleep during the first half of the film but I am not a huge fan of LoTR. The ending was better but CGI in parts wow....

The ultimate question is if the gray wizard can summon giants birds why most they walk the entire journey?

Anyway, glad the fans enjoy it.....

Maybe the GREY wizard is just considerate of their time.

To the butterfly: "Hey, can you ask 'em giant birds to come pick us up if they're not busy?"

 

[Adolfo]

12 out of 92 voted it a 6 or less..... or is it 80 out of 92 voted 7 or higher...either way not bad

 

[Fritz]

Maybe the GREY wizard is just considerate of their time.

To the butterfly: "Hey, can you ask 'em giant birds to come pick us up if they're not busy?"

What's the air speed velocity of an unladen butterfly? Must be supersonic for him to get them eagles that fast.

 

[Adolfo]

What's the air speed velocity of an unladen butterfly? Must be supersonic for him to get them eagles that fast.

Hello...that was a moth...hello...nightvision plus they speak eaglish

 

[K07]

I just printed off some $5 off coupons from the promo codes attached to my Bluray EE copies I got before Black Friday. Gonna see this Saturday 2D at 24fps

 

[The Ween]

The lord of the eagles owed Gandalf a favor, that's why he helped him and the dwarves in The Hobbit.

Now the Lord of the Rings......I don't know.

 

[The Ween]

Hello...that was a moth...hello...nightvision plus they speak eaglish

Some moths do make sounds. They do it to attract mates, so maybe they can make sounds that the eagles can hear.

 

[The Ween]

I fell asleep during the first half of the film but I am not a huge fan of LoTR. The ending was better but CGI in parts wow....

The ultimate question is if the gray wizard can summon giants birds why most they walk the entire journey?

Anyway, glad the fans enjoy it.....

You were tired.