Thursday, 26 December 2013

An explained journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Directed by Peter Jackson this film based on the first part of the novel of the same name stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage and Ian Holm. A hobbit minding his own business is convinced to join a wizard and 13 dwarves on an adventure.

This film very much has the feel of the first part of a story and while being plenty entertaining lacks a clear end point for the plot. The script scratches round some ideas of home for a theme but never really goes deep enough and the character arc of the protagonist being excepted into the group is decent but we never get an explanation for why he changed his mind to go on the adventure. As with any of Jackson's middle earth films this is a really well made effort with attention to detail as well as excellent special effects and landscapes on show.


4/5

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