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Originally Posted by LetoAtreides82

Loved the LotR trilogy but absolutely hated this movie. Do note that I never read any book written by Tolkien and nor do I ever intend to. I learned after watching the movie that it is based on a children's book, unlike the LotR trilogy which is intended for adults. Regardless I wish the title were something like "The Hobbit: A Chidren's Movie".

I felt there wasn't anywhere near as many action scenes, and too many long filler scenes. The dwarves have no character, I forgot most of their names by the middle of the movie.

The dwarven leader doesn't look like a dwarf, it's probably because he's 6'2" in real life and they didn't bother to give him a prosthetic belly or even a cgi belly.

That rabbit chase scene was definitely deleted scene material, and same goes for that horribly long scene of him trying to save the porcupine. The goblin king's last line is horrendously bad. Random rock giants engaging in an unexplained fight amongst each other...The riddle scene goes on for a bit too long. Keeping away a "fierce" Orc army with flaming pinecones is...

I hate this movie and the only way it'd ever find its way in my home is if the other two sequels turn out real good and I'm forced to get the trilogy, but even then I might end up ripping the first disc out and smashing it with a hammer and flushing it down the toilet.

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