I thought it was worse.

I'm very disappointed with "The Hobbit" series so far.

I was hoping to have a companion piece to "The Lord Of The Rings" Extended Cut DVD series I have and watch over and over.

It's not to be...

i know the book is as dear to your heart as it is to mine and i wasn't expecting complete accuracy, but this is abysmal.

You must have read the post I put up a few years ago detailing all of the editions of The Hobbit that I own:

A paperback reading copy, a limited edition with slipcover, The Annotated Hobbit, an illustrated version with specially commissioned watercolor paintings, a German-language edition, and a Latin-language edition. There might be a few more, but I think that's the bulk of them

Oh well; I can always go back to my own mind-movie of what I think The Hobbit should have been...

it's read nearly to tatters and a couple companion books. i have almost an entire shelf on my bookcase dedicated to tolkien.

It now sits on the top shelf with my limited editions of LOTR and The Hobbit.

Someday, I'll have to have it appraised.

Hence the problem in our view....just milking way too much out of what would have been a charming single movie...oh well!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ beckons.

i swear they made up the world's supply of shit just to stretch it to three.

Legolas? Tauriel? Wtf?

Love it!

We just watched it the other day. It's main problem is that it doesn't know what kind of movie it wants to be: a light-hearted adventure for kids, a comedy, or a grand-adventure. It's an omnishambles of CGI that feels way too busy and video-game like. They short-changed us on things that were actually in the book, such as the journey through Mirkwood, the barrel-ride, and Beorn, and crammed it with extra material.

Legolas and Tauriel? Just awful.

I'm not a purist when it comes to this book, as I never loved it the way I loved LOTR. I even liked the Rankin-Bass 1977 cartoon, but this is an utter mess.

Worse than the first instalment even.

The Hobbit should have been made first, a full bodied feature length film. Make the name, make the money. Then, LOTR and blow the doors off.

It's truly sad watching the actors try to do something with a thin, too often silly, script.