SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Pretty Good

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It is a fact that Tolkien is the father of modern fantasy literature, through his marvelous work he practically redesigned the gender and served as an example for the entire author community who came after to follow. When I first heard about this movie I was really skeptical, as the original story was a really childish tale and I thought they would not be able to make the feeling of the original "Lord of the Rings" get out of me. But...As soon as the movie started I found myself again as a small child discovering the wonderful universe of books together with the crown jewel called Middle Earth. Even with the adaptations so the movie was more mature were a bit over in some cases, as soon as you hear the poems from the book singed by the dwarfs on a sad tone it is impossible to judge then bad. The plot flows so well that is can even be seen before than the original franchise by a stranger to the series without losing meaning, they will only lose some really god references. But without a doubt the biggest point of the movie is the fact that is another trilogy, because it shows to the fans that the dream of Tolkien is still alive.

The great adventure begins..My opinion about the movie; +The atmosphere is impressive -The wolves could be more impressive +Dialogues are beautiful +The story in general is fluent

Of the three movies that I've just watched back to back, the starting one is the most decent. The characters are getting built, their relationship and story are getting spun and, considering I was expecting an incredible bore of "a movie made by Hollywood for money from a book just 50 page long", I quite enjoyed it. The other two films go more and more over the top until they get into Pirates of the Caribbean territory, but this one was OK. Of course, that doesn't really mean anything, since you have to have seen all three movies to form an opinion, but I am just saying that if they went for the same recipe, this could have been a wonderful trilogy.What I felt it was obvious is that it is a true Lord of the Ring film series and that even if they had to improvise a lot, they did it in line with what they did in the LOTR movies.

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.