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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The Hobbit is about Bilbo Baggins and a magical ring that allows the user to disappear when worn. Bilbo is a hobbit which is similar to a human except shorter and they have bigger feet. His ordinary routine is interrupted one day when Gandalf and his companions arrive at his hobbit hole. One of the dwarves asks Bilbo to join them because they need a burglar to steal treasure from Smaug, a dragon. While traveling to Smaug's lair, they are captured several times by various creatures including goblins, spiders, and trolls. It is when the party is captured by the Goblins falling through a moving wall in the back of the cave, being pulled into a large hallway of an even larger part of the same cave, Bilbo stumbles into another part of the cave. Bilbo finds the ring there, in the cave. Gollum, upon Bilbo's escape, shouts accusingly that Bilbo stole it from him. He found it fair and square in the part of the cave where his stumble ended, where Gollum was paddling around in a canoe, eating fish. He leaves. Bilbo then links up with his party again and they continue their journey. Bilbo does make it to Smaug's lair and a Human ends up killing the dragon. This city guard is told where to shoot Smaug by a "fool bird!" He is missing one of his scales. Five armies fight below. When all is said and done, Bilbo makes it back to the Shire, where he lives.

While this movie is a great way to get young children into the Lord of The Rings, anyone older would probably find it disappointing.I love the artwork but the story leaves a lot to be desired.I remember thinking this was great before I had read the book but all these years later it's not so impressive.I honestly don't remember much of the book anymore but it doesn't matter with this movie.It's obvious that they have changed things(it even says "Based On", it doesn't even claim to be true to the book) but the worst part is that they picked the wrong parts to leave out.They tell Bilbo to climb a tree and it cuts to him sleeping in a cave by himself?What??Things like that happen a lot.It doesn't matter if you know the story, if you can pay attention you can see that this is very confusing.They often try to explain the gaps in the following dialogue but that wears thin quickly.The real reason to watch (or not watch) this is because of the music.Everyone I know has always hated it but after not seeing it for years I still remembered a few songs.It's weird that some of the songs seemingly have nothing to do with the movie while others literally describe what we are seeing on screen.Then there's the time that the elves are talking while a song is blasting over them,lol.I do like how they use British slang but no one has an accent, that's brilliant.I just realized that this was made for TV.I never noticed how it breaks before.I have to say considering that, it's a decent movie.Definitely the best made for TV movie I have seen.

I would rather watch this version 5 times on a loop and then sit quietly for 24 minutes, than watch the Peter Jackson version again. Is there a way to delete the new version form my memory so it doesn't ruin my memory of this amazing version?Why, oh why did they make three movies out of a small book like the Hobbit?! My advice, watch this version and send Peter Jackson a picture of you flipping him off.Really, the best Hobbit movie ever made. If you don't believe me, go waist 8 hrs of your life and write your own review.

This movie is absolutely brilliant. When I was a child about the age of 7 I was in my living room watching TV and playing with building blocks when this unexpected gem started playing on the Disney Channel. I was absolutely enthralled and couldn't take my eyes off it. I had never read the books before seeing this movie so I was lucky enough to see it without going "Where is the scene with Beorn?" and such. The Hobbit is amazing in my book as a movie itself. No joke this movie changed my life drastically and introduced me into the fantasy genre and played a big part into making who I am today and I'll always thank it for that. With it's charming animation, awesome and catchy songs, amazing voice over acting (especially Smaug), the memorable characters and of course the journey and tale itself. I still own this movie today on DVD and watch it extremely often especially when creating my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns haha. This movie is great and I don't think it deserves a review lower than 8! Thank you Rankin/Bass!