Review - The HoBBit

This was one of those instances when my wife loved the film, and I thought it was OK.

It was a beautifully-made movie, just what we expect from Peter Jackson. It was looong. Again, just what we expect from Mr Jackson. So long in fact, that we'd slogged through the scene setting and story foundation, I'd fought sleep and mostly won, got my second wind and the motley crew of hobbit, wizard and dwarves had got through their first couple of adventures, and still there were nearly two hours left to go.

It was definitely pitched at the kids in the audience. The way the story unfolded, the "merriment" with the dwarves that kept me expecting to see Snow White at any moment, even the tra-la-la soundtrack all said PG-13 in a way the Lord of The Rings trilogy never did.

And, without giving the game away, the story never got completed. The quest was never realized. So we now have to wait until the second, and maybe third of the Hobbit films is made before we arrive at a point fifty years before LOTR.

Snooze.