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| The dwarves Bilbo will travel with |
While in the presence of Gollum, Bilbo learns about the existence of a powerful golden ring that not only makes one invisible while wearing it but possess a darker, more powerful secret.
Directed by Peter Jackson, the film can be seen in theaters in a variety of formats. You can view the film in the traditional 24fps (frames per second) that most movies are shown in or the 3D version boasts a whopping 48fps. This supposedly helps with the clarity of the images you are seeing and allows for more realistic colors and depth. Many critics of the new frame rate say that the high frame rate along with the 3D can causes seizures or dizziness with some people. If you go see the 3D version, close your eyes for a period of a time if you start to feel faint or dizzy.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a positive revisit to Middle Earth. The beginning of the film is slow since they spend a large amount of time setting up the story. There is action later in the movie but it just didn't seem to quite satisfy the way the fighting in the Lord of the Rings did. Unfortunately, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey falls short of achieving the greatness of the Lord of the Rings films. Portions of the film feel drawn out and some scenes would be more at home in the Special Features on the DVD. Part of this problem is because the studio wanted Jackson to make The Hobbit into a trilogy rather than one movie; therefore, there is a lot of content that normally would be excluded but was left in to generate more films and thus more revenue.
Grade: A-
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