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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 6061178" data-attributes="member: 5868">Much as others, I saw The Hobbit today and quite enjoyed it, though it left me disappointed that we have to wait 18 months to get to the end of the story.Pros:- Martin Freeman great as Bilbo- The dwarves are interesting, each with a unique character and personality- Serkis as Gollum, again- Great music, especially the haunting dwarves' song- Evokes the Jackson Middle Earth feel quite well- Some of the added material from the "Quest of Erebor" story and dwarves' backstory was well done- GoblintownCons:- Jackson needs a new editor; the movie drags a bit, particularly at the beginning, which could have been tightened up a bit.  My wife about fell asleep before getting out the door; some of the front end and subsequent scenes could have been traded to get the whole series down into two long movies- Didn't need the Bilbo-Frodo opening sequence- Jackson needs to refrain from unnecessary embellishment.  For example: the Radagast scenes,the giant sequence, and the Azog/Warg scenes prior to Rivendell are unnecessary.  The Rivendell scene could have sufficed to introduce the Dol Guldur plot point, and even if we wanted to introduce the canonically-incorrect Azog  (which, I'll admit, will be a nice setting for the climax of the Battle of the Five Armies), the "Out of the Frying Pan" sequence would have sufficed for the "surprise" reveal.  Radagast was unwelcome comic relief, too- Tone loses a bit of the light heart of the novel, which I'd be OK with if it was traded for drama; instead it went a little too much action blockbuster.Acknowledging that this is the first act of a three-act sequence, which may forgive some early sins, I'd give it a B+ overall.  It's very much the Hobbit, just gone a little too Hollywood to be perfect.</blockquote>

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