Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was lightning caught in a
bottle. With “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Jackson tries to
recapture that magic, but this time the bottle is cracked.
“The Hobbit” is a beautifully designed, impeccably detailed and developed expansion of the Middle Earth we came to know in “The Lord of the Rings.” Jackson and company went to exhaustive lengths to create the make-believe land. Right from the get-go, it is hard not to get pulled into this fantasy melting pot filled with hobbits, dwarves, goblins, trolls and dragons. “The Hobbit” has out-fantasied its predecessors.
The story is very simple, which is probably why it has endured for so many decades. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is unexpectedly enlisted by Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to help a group of dwarves reclaim their home from a dragon named Smaug. Along the way they are hunted by orcs, captured by trolls and also unveil a mystery involving ghosts. The story is so quaint that making three films out of it is a bit of a stretch. It will be hard to make the characters, including Bilbo, compelling enough to warrant our attention for that long.
“The Hobbit” is a beautifully designed, impeccably detailed and developed expansion of the Middle Earth we came to know in “The Lord of the Rings.” Jackson and company went to exhaustive lengths to create the make-believe land. Right from the get-go, it is hard not to get pulled into this fantasy melting pot filled with hobbits, dwarves, goblins, trolls and dragons. “The Hobbit” has out-fantasied its predecessors.
The story is very simple, which is probably why it has endured for so many decades. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is unexpectedly enlisted by Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to help a group of dwarves reclaim their home from a dragon named Smaug. Along the way they are hunted by orcs, captured by trolls and also unveil a mystery involving ghosts. The story is so quaint that making three films out of it is a bit of a stretch. It will be hard to make the characters, including Bilbo, compelling enough to warrant our attention for that long.
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