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I went into this expecting to hate this movie at least as much as I hated the previous one. Why see it? Xmas, family movie, you get the idea. If you have any illusion this is a movie about The Hobbit book then you probably haven't seen either of the other movies. The basic story of The Hobbit has been blown up, inflated with lots of other things, etc. Think of this as fanfic; if you go in expecting a movie of the book you'll likely be annoyed, disappointed, or even angry.
The thing is, it's a got a rich universe out of which to mine stories; there's a reason Tolkien spawned two decades of imitators. This movie is also GOOD fanfic in places. Basically, I forgave Peter Jackson because of the elves. For those of you going "Wait, what? There are basically no elves in The Hobbit!" Yeah, I know.
( There's no way I can do this without massive spoilers )
3/5 for being able to pull off a story that has almost nothing to do with its titular book and yet showed us something interesting.
The thing is, it's a got a rich universe out of which to mine stories; there's a reason Tolkien spawned two decades of imitators. This movie is also GOOD fanfic in places. Basically, I forgave Peter Jackson because of the elves. For those of you going "Wait, what? There are basically no elves in The Hobbit!" Yeah, I know.
( There's no way I can do this without massive spoilers )
3/5 for being able to pull off a story that has almost nothing to do with its titular book and yet showed us something interesting.
