The Hobbit

I read the book many years ago and was honestly surprised by several of the additions to the plot. Some of which I may have simply forgotten since reading it... I actually had no idea that they had split it up into 3 movies when I saw it and kept expecting them to actually get to the dragon and thinking, "Man this movie is getting to be really long, they haven't even gotten to the mountain yet!". To me, the battles didn't really have the big emotional significance that I got from LoTR where the elves arrival at Helms Deep is a real tear jerker and of course Éowyn's win in RotK. The whole fight through the goblin dungeon was particularly silly and didn't do anything for me at all. The bit with the the ladder or whatever started me thinking about the spring loaded dwarves from Snow White. I miss Gimli and Legolas' counting contest. It was much better for comic relief.

I LOVED the misty mountain song. It sets the tone absolutely perfectly and hearing/seeing it in the trailer made me want to run not walk to go see the movie.

Overall it was definitely a good movie and I may actually see it again in theaters (3D IMAX this time). Despite the box office numbers, I do not think The Hobbit will quite live up to the majesty of The LoTR, but I will still enjoy seeing them.