The Hobbit–WTF?

I had a disappointing experience.  The Hobbit: an unexpected journey.

I loved the Lord of the Rings films and had great expectations for the Hobbit. I enjoyed the book. The Hobbit is an insular tale about how a hobbit’s life changes after he goes on an adventure with a group of dwarves. I even enjoyed the cartoon I saw as a kid.

However, I just watched  The Hobbit: an unexpected journey a film from the Tourist board of Middle Earth warning about the upcoming conflicts in Lord of the Rings. Sweeping view points, characters that don’t matter and are mentioned just once in LotR and then given a role in The Hobbit: an unexpected journey.  Worse, there is a TON of foreshadowing for the LotR. All the main characters had cameos. The battle scenes felt straight out of LotR. Some of Gandalf’s moves were straight out of LotR.

The Hobbit could have been an excellent 3 hour movie, but instead I watched a fairly boring part 1.