The movie was FANTASTIC! Though I only first watched it in 2D 24fps...I was engaged throughout the movie. Especially the last hour or so! It really picked up and left the audience with an extremely dynamic ending! I loved every single aspect of it...though:

This is a small complaint. There was a bit too much CGI. Compared to most fantasy movies...the CGI in The Hobbit was pretty realistic. But I found myself being distracted with the amount of CGI (especially in the beginning scene with Erebor). I understand that Peter Jackson had less technology to work with for The Lord of the Rings...but that kind of worked to an advantage. He was forced to use detailed miniatures for the large settings. The miniatures used for LOTR looked more realistic than the CGI settings used for The Hobbit. The Mirkwood elves overlooking the burning Erebor looked particularly fake...I was hoping for them to look real like Theoden and his army on the hill above Minas Tirith.

Besides the CGI thing...the movie was simply amazing. I'm watching it 3 times this weekend and hope to add on to that number over the next month or two! :)

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