THE HOBBIT

THEY’RE TAKING THE HOBBIT’S TO ISENGAURD!!!! Not really. They’re on their way to Erebor. In fact it’s twelve dwarves, a wizard, and a hobbit on their way. The Hobbit, the prequel to the epic trilogy, of THE LORD OF THE RINGS! This movie has been waited and anticipated for a long time, almost ten years, probably more. When MGM announced The Hobbit, everyone said “AWESOME! So, it’s three Lord of the Rings movies, then one Hobbit movie! That is cool!” Well… not just one… THREE! This movie is based off the classic book, written by J.R.R Tolkien. There are many differences from this book and the movie. This is a spoiler review! This review will reveal crucial points and differences from the book and film. So, if you’re one of those guys who say things like “Let me read ahead, I hope there aren’t any spoilers.” you enter at your own risk. *SPOLIERS AHEAD!* The movie starts with Bilbo Baggins on his 111th birthday. He decides to write a book about his past adventures. We then go back 60 years, to a 50 year old Bilbo Baggins (played by Martin Freeman). He is approached by the wizard himself, Gandalf the Grey (played by Sir Ian McKellen). The wizard tricks him into having a dinner party where 12 dwarves come too eat and plan. The dwarves reveal that they are planning to take back their kingdom of Erebor from Smaug the Terrible Dragon. Bilbo wants no part at first, but then warms up to the idea of a dragon burning him into a pile of ash. They are on their way to the Lonely Mountains through the wild but are captured by 3 trolls with intent to eat them. Bilbo tricks the trolls into waiting until dawn to eat the dwarves. Gandalf then, reveals the sun light to the trolls who turn too stone. The company searches a nearby Troll’s cave and find some treasures. Thorin and Gandalf take two swords made by the Elves. Gandalf gives Bilbo a short sword named Sting. While they are on their way, they are encountered by Radagast the Brown. Radagast tells Gandalf that he has encountered a dark evil and that they should be cautious. They are attacked by Wargs and Orcs but escape. They find themselves in Rivendale the Home of the Elves. Gandalf meets with his council of “FAN SERVICE” and tells them about this evil. The Dwarves leave Rivendale without Gandalf and head to the Misty Mountains. While on their journey it is revealed why Thorin hates the Elves so. When Erebor was attacked by Smaug and Orcs the Elves turned their backs on the Dwarves. The Orcs were lead by the Pale Orc a foe of Thorin. At the end of the battle the Dwarves retreated, and Smaug won the kingdom. While the Dwarves and Hobbit are crossing the Lonely Mountains there is a Stone Giant Battle which forces them to go into the mountain itself. While there they are attacked and taken by goblins to their leader, The Great Goblin. Bilbo manages to slip away but then falls into a pit with another goblin. He wakes up seeing the goblin being taken away by the creature Gollum. He follows them discreetly but then finds a mysterious ring. When Gollum finds Bilbo he has plans to eat him. Bilbo then offers to have a game of riddles with the creature. If Bilbo wins Gollum shows him the way out, if not well..... Hobbit is on the menu. When Bilbo wins the game, Gollum realizes that he lost his ring and that Bilbo took it. Bilbo runs away and puts on the ring, realizing that it grants him invisibility. He considers killing Gollum, but instead leaves him with pity. While Bilbo was missing the Dwarves found out that The Pale Orc was alive and looking for them. The Dwarves escaped with the help of Gandalf. When Bilbo caught up to them they were chased by The Pale Orc and climbed up into some trees. The tree’s were coming down, and Thorin decided to confront The Pale Orc. He was defeated, but was helped by Bilbo. When everything seemed it was over, the Eagles came and saved them. When they are safe, Thorin tells Bilbo that he is brave and a friend. They look into the distance at the kingdom where Smaug awakens. THE REVIEW ITSELF There were problems in this movie yes, but those problems do not make any less exciting. This movie has some fun action scenes, but like the other Lord of the Rings movies most of it is walking from point A to point B. That at times can be boring. The cinematography is almost as good as it was in Lord of the Rings. It was a nice reminder of how much more beautiful New Zealand is than here. The Pale Orc storyline is.... stupid. That didn’t need to be in the movie, it went off course, and if they took it out of the movie the whole book of The Hobbit could have been one movie. They don’t even do anything special or new with it, it is just a revenge story. Yeah, who cares if Thorin chopped off your hand, just show the actual story. This movie showed how much it needed to remind the audience to watch Lord of the Rings again. The scene where Radagast encounters evil that is a Ringwraith. For those who don’t know what those are, they are evil soldiers that were tasked by Sauron to get the One Ring from Frodo, in The Lord of the Rings. If they stuck to the book, they wouldn’t need too reference that, because the story holds itself on its own. Damn it Sauron. The dwarves of this movie are Kili, Fili, Oin, Gloin, Dwarlin, Barlin, Bifo, Bofo, Bombur, Dory, Nory, Ory, and the leader Thorin Oakenshield. Lot of dwarves isn’t there? Well....most of them aren’t handled well. Peter Jackson made a joke saying “The reason I didn’t want to make a Hobbit movie was because of the 12 dwarves.” Well... now it makes sense, because YOU HANDELED THEM BADLEY!!! Get Joss Wehdon to handle the dwarves in this movie. That would work. The end of the movie is kind of upsetting. That dragon might as well of held up a sign that said “You Won’t See Me In A Whole Year Suckers!” WOW. With all the problems, it still was fun to watch. People were booing when it was over, because they wanted to see more. It still is good but not really great. It isn’t as good as the book, but if it wasn’t called THE HOBBIT, it would be better. That is why this is a Matine! Oh, and WHY IS THIS GOING TO BE THREE MOVIES!????!?!?!?!!?!??! I give that alone a WHY!???!? Rating System FULL PRICE! MATINE! RENTAL! WHY!?!?