Simply Perfect

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I'm not really a "Lord of the Rings" fan, or even really a Tolkien fan. However, this film is a huge piece of my childhood. It's literally the perfect movie to have a cup of tea with on a rainy night. As a child, my cousins and friends slowly fell asleep in bed while watching this film. It's a great action epic. You will laugh and identify with the characters easily, and it's wonderfully put together. If you haven't seen it, watch it, and you'll never be the same.

It was visually incredible picture and it pushes us into a great world of hobbits, dwarfs, elves and all other so we witness a grand adventure of Bilbo Baggins. It's compact and tries to the best job in showing you an important stuff but as older audience that had privilege to read books and see movies made about Hobbit it was quite tough because of so many good scenes that are cut from this animated movie. There is a lot of action inside the movie and it was great but sometimes it ends all that to soon and you are just pushed in other way. Some things are also changed from original to create better motion of movie. Dialogues are taken from the book and it was quite amazing how they managed to create scenes based on real dialogues. 2.5/4

This movie is great because it perfectly captures the feelings of adventure which the protagonist, Bilbo, encounters throughout the story given the various mystifying occurrences and dangers he faces. The whole point of a movie is to make you feel like you are in the situation the characters are in, that is to say, to make you emulate their emotion. It makes the story seem more real as well as personal, this emulation allows you to connect with the characters and understand the themes of each scene. Although this movie isn't a masterpiece by any means, it perfectly accomplishes what it sets out to do. It shows everything as Bilbo knows it.For instance, when Gandalf is introduced to the story, he is portrayed as a wise, mysterious being of mystical powers. We get the sense throughout the story of Gandalf watching over and protecting them, in spite of having his own agenda. When he appears in the story, we know that he is either guiding the main characters through their quest. Additionally, when Gandalf appears to help the main characters in what could be critiqued as a deus ex machina, his help feels natural and set up by his established mysterious nature. If Gandalf's appearances in this were to exist in Peter Jackson's adaptation in the same nature, the audience would assume that the writers lazily wrote Bilbo and the Dwarfs out of the scene. This critique is justified, however, in this adaptation it feels very natural as Gandalf doesn't seem to be a nice old man (not trying to denounce Jackson's interpretation of his character) rather, that he is a mystical force, which makes more sense in terms of how Bilbo, during the story, would see him.Another example of this is when Bilbo is captured in Gollum's cave. The cave looks very dark and mysterious. Bilbo has fallen into a chasm hopeless of a way back, and the film illustrates how lost Bilbo is by showing wide shots moving around the cave when Gollum is thinking of a riddle, giving the sense that Bilbo is stuck in this vast network and that Gollum's life-threatening game is Bilbo's last hope of escape. Gollum is also shown as a disgusting, obsessed creature, which will strike an unfamiliar viewer as being as odd as it seems to Bilbo. The lighting of the scene and the various sound effects (water slowly dripping, bits of instrumental and musical sounds) also make the scene feel very eerie as it would be to be caught in that situation. The obsession Gollum has with eating Bilbo makes him seem very intimidating, especially giving his size and deformed figure. While the Jackson version serves well in creating a humanoid Gollum to set up a personal battle Gollum has (this being of his human and monstrous appearance to match his human and monstrous characteristics, particularly his fluctuation between them), this version serves well in showing the audience Gollum as Bilbo sees him: a disgusting, frightening monster.The weapons they use are also shown to be very mystical. Whenever one of the elvish weapons is taken out of its sheath, it emanates light and causes the potential assailant to cower in fear. For instance, when Gandalf prepares to kill the goblin king, the goblin king cries out "Glamdring! The Foe Hammer!" before he dies. When Bilbo takes out Sting when he is ready to fight Gollum, Gollum cowers at the mention of Sting being an Elvish blade. This mystical quality is intriguing and fascinating, which it should be, given Bilbo's background.However, as you can tell by watching the movie, it is not perfect. While it captures Bilbo's feelings in a very mesmerizing way, the characters are, for the most part, not very well set up and sometimes unrealistic. For instance, when Bilbo is in Gollum's cave, Bilbo doesn't seem to be fearful of Gollum at all while they discuss riddles, creating a life-threatening game. While Bilbo, given his background, should be scared of this, he shows very little fear in this scene. This is especially odd as, in the previous scene where Bilbo and the Dwarfs are captured by goblins, Bilbo is shown as being very afraid. Many of the characters are also not particularly developed. Thorin, for example, is shown only as being their leader, whereas in the Jackson version, an effort has clearly been made to give many of the Dwarfs their own respective identities (though this, in some cases, becomes cliché). This movie, given its audience, is also childish and simplistic at times. The songs, while giving the movie an identity, wouldn't exist if the film were intended for an older audience. This doesn't work to the detriment of the film in the realm of the songs as it does when death is brought into play. For instance, when the goblin king is being slain, there is a light brought over him as he spirals off into oblivion. This is simply not how killing someone with a sword works, in spite of its magical qualities, it seems to be an obviously child-friendly way to have a monster be killed. This strikes the viewer as awkward, although necessary to protect the audience from seeing a violent death. There are obvious technical setbacks which can most likely be attributed to the film having a lower budget, for instance, at times the characters' faces are cut off which I assume is to save money on lip syncing, which can be seen in Gollum's cave. In spite of these drawbacks, the movie is really enjoyable and atmospheric. Flaws are pretty plainly exposed and visible in the film, however, the film has a unique style that gives it its charm. I'd say that everyone who is willing to put aside pre-established ideas from Jackson's movies or has not seen those movies should enjoy the film. If you don't enjoy the film you need to stop reading Mein Kampf and get a life.

I would rather watch this version 5 times on a loop and then sit quietly for 24 minutes, than watch the Peter Jackson version again. Is there a way to delete the new version form my memory so it doesn't ruin my memory of this amazing version?Why, oh why did they make three movies out of a small book like the Hobbit?! My advice, watch this version and send Peter Jackson a picture of you flipping him off.Really, the best Hobbit movie ever made. If you don't believe me, go waist 8 hrs of your life and write your own review.