1. The Hobbit Movie Review

2.  The story starts with Bilbo meeting Gandalf the wizard. Without Bilbo knowing Gandalf scheduled a meeting with Bilbo, 13 dwarves, and himself. The dwarves first arrived at the shock of Bilbo and this confused him about who they were and what they were doing in his home. The dwarves and Gandalf explain that Bilbo has volunteered to be the 14 th member of Thorin and Company. Bilbo goes into shock and doesn’t know what to do. The next day the company leaves without Bilbo, so once Bilbo had decided to go with them he has to run all the way to catch up with them. The first trouble they ran into was on a rainy, windy day. They lost some of their ponies, supplies, and they ran into trolls. The trolls tried to eat all of them, but got distracted and were turned into stone by the sun. Then they set of to the last homely home located in Rivendale. Rivendale was located within the mountains. They gained much information from the elves. They set off from Rivendale to run unexpectedly into goblins. Bilbo is separated from the group when he met Gollum and found the ring. He used the ring to help him escape the mountain. He met back up with the dwarves and Gandalf who all had thought Bilbo had been caught. The company sets out on the adventure again to stumble upon a meeting of goblins and wild wolves. Just as the goblins set the tree on fire the eagles came to the rescue and saved the company.

3.  The movie adds a scene that isn't in the book. This scene adds more action than stated in the book. This was a scene that wasn’t expected, but it did work well with the other parts of the movie. Also, the movie changed some of the scenes found in the book. In the scene with the trolls it was stated that Gandalf saved the day in the book, but in the movie Bilbo seemed to be the hero. The other change I remember is when the company is first in the goblins home. In the book the company had camped in a cave when the goblins come to take them captive, but in the movie they fall into the home of the goblins and are shoved into a small huddle by the goblins. Even though I noticed these changes I believe they worked for the movie because they didn’t change the outcome of the book or movie. The director might have chosen to do these things for better character development or to add in more suspenseful scenes full of action.

4.  The director was absolutely successful in recreating The Hobbit. The film was perfect although I would have added a few more scenes where the 3-D effects stood out more, but the 3-D in the film did add great depth to all characters and landscapes. I don’t believe they could have hired better actors because of how stunning the emotion filled scenes were. The scenery and the costumes were perfectly put together and were almost exactly how I imagined they would look. The lighting could have been bumped up a few notches in some places where I had trouble seeing what was going on, but for the most part everything was lit very well. The special effects that I liked the most were the ones during the scenes where Bilbo has the ring on. That short scene was so captivating I couldn’t look away because of wondering what would happen next. Last, but certainly not least are the sound effects that in my opinion were fine and I don’t believe they could have created sound effects better than the ones they used.

5.  Movie – In the movie there is the mention that the balance of good and evil in Middle Earth is beginning to shift more to the evil side. This theme is one that was not found in the novel because most of the shift occurs in the next three books. This is a much darker theme than the ones found in the novel that are usually not as dark and harsh as this one is. This is shown in the scene with the brown wizard and the animals in the woods.  Novel – In the novel I have noticed that a theme seems to be journey. I have come up with this because if Bilbo would have never walked out of that door this journey would have never happened and he mentions this several times. Also he mentions that he wishes he was home which is typically the hopeful outcome of a journey. This journey in specifics has many harsh events that would make this outcome a lot harder to achieve, but in the end it is accomplished.

6.  Novel Thorin – Takes rank under Bilbo and Gandalf as a hero. Example: In the novel the two main heroes seem to be Gandalf and Bilbo while Thorin nicely takes his rank under them.  Movie Thorin – Seems to be the real hero instead of it being Bilbo. Likes his alone time. Example: When Thorin charges in to fight the goblins off he becomes a heroic person in the film, which was actually supposed to be Bilbo’s job.  Both – Leader of the company. Doesn’t like Bilbo very much. Doesn’t forget old events. Protects his company no matter what. Hesitant of trusting Gandalf because of who he chose to be the burglar. Speaks with great power. Example: Thorin has flashbacks of the wars and of his dad and grandpa in both novel and book alike.

7.  Highlights – This film was captivating and had wonderful action scenes. It also shifted my opinions on some characters due to how well spirited they were in the film. In specifics the scene where the company is met by the wargs and goblins was even more interesting in the movie than it was in the book because they added a battle scene between Thorin Oakenshield and the goblins.  Weaknesses – I didn’t notice many weaknesses in this film. One of the only weaknesses I found was that the lighting in some scenes was very bad, and these were scenes that weren't supposed to be dark. There is no specific scene where this happens because I noticed it with in many of the scenes, but I eventually got used to it and could see what was happening in the scene.

8.  I personally thought the movie was better because when I see things and listen to them the information tends to stay with me. This is compared to when I read and only obtain the written work and must produce my own images and opinions. I liked how the movie had more action than the book because the book is really slow in the beginning. In these slow parts I became bored and couldn’t stay focused, but these are the exact places where they added more action in the movie. The movie also gave great detail to each character and fulfilled all the events that occurred in the book. Each character matched their descriptions very well and couldn’t have done a better job at putting emotion into this film. Lastly, the film kept my full attention while the book lost it very often.

9.  This movie has earned 4 out of 5 stars for the simple fact that it was an amazing film. The Hobbit is a movie that I would personally recommend to all of the people I know. It seems to be a film that doesn’t have a specific audience. I have heard of many different people that vary in personality and likes that have loved this movie, I am included in the ones that have loved it. Also, it seems to have many details from the book which keeps fans of the book interested while still adding modern touches for the newer audiences. I have already recommended this film to many and will continue to do so, but so far all I know have said they have loved the film.

10.  In my opinion this film was a faithful portrayal of the novel. It included all important characters and all key events. Most people notice the differences made, but I have thought about it and in the end none of those changes have affected the outcome of the movie so far. Also, all characters where fit for the part they played in looks, emotions, expressions, and in how the captured the audience. I watched the book and saw the film and I didn’t notice any events that would change the outcome. The movie includes some of the exact quotes from the book revealing much resemblance between the two. In every part of this film you could see things that you had read in the book and notice how well they were portrayed. These simple facts have lead to my conclusion that this film is indeed a faithful adaptation of The Hobbit.