So I totally saw that last night in an advanced screening. Waited outside the base theater for like 2 and a half hours. People were cutting and gaggling at the front of the line and I was gettin' angry, but I got in! Then I waited for another hour and a half inside the theater... yay, Saturday afternoon gone! Good thing I had Stephen King's The Stand to read and some homework to do.

But yeah. It was a lot of fun. Not as good as the movies in the LotR trilogy-no really inspiring lines or dramatic scenes-but it was fun. A fun fantasy adventure movie, and an alright adaptation of the book (although it only gets about a 3rd of the way through, and pads the shit out of that first third.) The feel is a lot lighter, and there's more humor, although it still feels like it belongs with the first trilogy. Martin Freeman was really good as Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo felt like an older Merry or Pippin from the movies, which is maybe a little more comical than he should be, but *shrug* Thorin's a brooding bad ass for teenie boppers to swoon over (as are Kili and Fili) and I also like how they portrayed Balin (he was my favorite in the books.) Radagast is pretty weird, and he introduces a sub plot that wasn't in the books (he wasn't really in the books at all himself, so he's pretty much an invented character by P.J.) The music is great. I'll probably want the sound track. If I felt like being negative, I'd probably complain about the changes. Also, the ending (everyone yelled "NO!!" when it ended a third of the way through the book) but I don't feel like being negative, so screw that.

Go see it, have fun. It's probably my favorite movie so far this year. I'm probably biased. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom