I went to see The Hobbit at the midnight show, opening night. With great anticipation, I let the story unfold. I truly hated the book and found it very difficult to get through several years ago when I first tried to read it. I put the book down and read The Trilogy first. When I actually finished The Hobbit afterwards, I felt it was better as an epilogue rather than a prologue. I re-read the book prior to the film release and found it a little easier to get through but I didn't love it by any means. I then re-read the book along side of the appendices of the Trilogy and the book finally was readable. I say this because I did not go in with an pre-conceived notions or EXPECTATIONS about the film based on the book. I thoroughly enjoyed the film. In particular, I loved the scenes in Rivendell and how its universe was expanded. The only flaws I found with the the film were the following: The Necromancer I expected something a bit more menacing, I thought the Radaghast scene was a bit too long and perhaps not filmed as well (CGI was very evident here).
I'm not particularly a fan of 3D film but I did notice that even in 2D the sharpness could be overwhelming at times.

Probably the BEST thing I came away with from watching the film is now I WANT to read THE HOBBIT with joy.

Bravo Peter and I'm looking forward to Part 2.

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