Hobbit

Today I took my dad to see The Hobbit at their local cinema.

Regular readers will know we did similar with all three of the Lord of the Rings films, so it’s becoming a kind of tradition (and will do for the next couple of years, too)

I had my reservations before the film, knowing that they’ve taken the 400-page book and made it into three three-hour films. That’s quite some padding – although I know they’ve also taken in parts of “Silmarillion” and “Unfinished Tales” to make it into a much larger production.

Having now seen it though, I found those reservations to be well put to bed, it all gels well, and I really enjoyed it.

There’s a couple of bits I don’t like, or that jarred a bit, but all told I’d say 98% of it is pretty damn good.

Hell, it’s almost worth looking forward to Christmas 2013 and 2014 to see the rest of the films.