The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey starts off with a compelling story and mesmerizing settings as we get to go back to the wondrous place of Middle-Earth. Being a longtime fan of both the Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit movies and books I was one of the first on getting tickets to see the movie on premiere night. From the very start of the opening monologue by the amazing actor Sir Ian Holm I felt the same feelings of magic, adventure, wonder and excitement just as I had done 11 years earlier when I saw Fellowship of the ring. Once again one of the strongest compartments is the amazing casting, as it feels that they really found the perfect guy in every role to play the character. Even though the movie does not follow the book strictly in my opinion this does not necessarily make it bad. For what many reviewers seem to forget is that the medium of film and book is very different, and sometimes changes need to be made for it to work on the big screen. For all fantasy lovers and fans of the world that J.R.R Tolkien created this is a movie that cannot be missed.8/10 Very Good!

I won't go into too much detail about my thoughts on this film. It was OK as entertainment, nothing special or very impressive as far as I am concerned and I reduced the rating I gave from 6.5/10 to 5/10 when I heard that animals (27 farm animals) died as a result of filming. If these deaths were caused deliberately by stunts or mistreatment on purpose then I would reduce the score further but it was more due to negligence it appears. As a result I will give some credit that "accidents and mistakes can happen" but it really is unacceptable in this day and age for animal welfare to not be given proper care. That therefore mars what was an acceptable piece of entertainment.Artistically I am not a fan of Peter Jackson and find this film includes some of his usual overblown nature. Visuals are sometimes wildly over the top in the CGI causing jarringly unreal and muddled action scenes and there are pretentious traits Jackson has, trying to be 'clever' or 'impressive' without achieving those aims which reduces the impact of the drama. There is fun and entertainment to be had but this is not the best possible adaptation of Tolkein's classic and has plenty of flaws. At best I would rate it 6.5 to 7/10 for quality but I have reduced the rating due to animal welfare negligence as I have described.

What I liked 1. The song at the shire house 2. Gandalf and Bilbo's performance 3. The scene at Rivendell What I didn't like 1. Set up for future movies 2. The goblin king 3. Most of the dwarfs weren't that interesting This is not a bad movie. It is a lot better than any of the sequels, but it is still far short of the main trilogy

Best to watch in 3d vision, Great work. I liked this movie when i watched it for very first time. Its kind of movie that you can enjoy with your family. Great graphics. And this movie has superb background music. If you liked its first version, you will definitely like next two versions as well which covers the remaining story.