The Hobbit, is an unexpectedly long and unexpectedly boring story. It’s by no means boring due to a simply plot, in fact it is an overly complex tale with far to many characters. So many characters, that you don’t care to associate with any of them, as no one character get enough individual screen time or background for us to become fond of.
Nearing 3 hours in length, the first hour and a half are the most painful. Which I find interesting, since that is the typical length of the average movie these days.
Aside from being boring, too long, overly complex, and no true lead characters, there are two more annoying problems with this film. First of all, the film was shot with 3D as a primary goal. I saw the movie in 2D, which I prefer. And a well made modern 3D movie should can be equally enjoyed in 2D and 3D. Far too often we have long pauses where the story and actors come to a stand still so we can watch some 3D effect. Or the action is intended solely to impress us with 3D, and when watched in 2D seems completely unnecessary. The other annoyance is the frequent and bizarre placement of extremely dry and immature British humour that pops up out of no where from time to time, totally unexpected or required for the scene.
In comparison to The Lord of the Rings, it’s also very immature, and seems written for children. Even some of the fight scenes are too much for a fantasy film. For example the goblin strong hold escape scene, reminded me of a Rube Goldberg machine, where every single piece of a extremely complex chain of events must take place perfectly for the end result. A feat that is typically impossible.
The movie is visually beautiful, and that’s all it has going for it.
3/10
Here we have the Hobbit covered in troll snot.
Some of the excellent humour found in the movie.
And unlike the monster snot scene with a TRex in the famous film,
the Hobbit doesn’t even seem too bothered by the experience.
And a few moments later the story, magically the snot is all gone.