PETER JACKSON has Sold OUT !!!
It was obvious to me that Jackson or maybe all of the executive producers are looking to ca$h in BIG on the rest of JRR Tolkien's masterpiece.
If I hadn't already opened my three LOTR blu-ray/DVD packs I'd take the fuckers back for a refund.
Ironically enough, when I returned home Big Bang Theory was on with the episode about The Ring they found in a box.
Young Bilbo reminds me too much of Regis Philbin, I wonder if he's Jewish.
SPOILER alert, if you read further and haven't seen the movie, this was your warning
The singing is definitely mentioned in the book, but I really didn't think they'd do it for the movie, FIRST turn-off for me.
It just gayed it up way too much for me, and then there's the fuckin' gender bender dwarf which leads me to believe queers are definitely being forced on society these days.
It seems every sitcom either have a queer in the cast IRL or on-screen.
Then when it abruptly ended I realized they're gonna squeeze THREE films out of the one book. BASTARDS !
The way some scenes were drawn out to me means they're just padding to get 3 films out of one book, such as the long riddles session between two characters, or the lengthy gathering of the dwarfs for dinner and their singing while getting dinner ready.
Then there's the stupid characters which will no doubt become action figures, such as the overly drooping chin of the goblin king.
The stupid jokes in the dialog, such as when a character is approached and asked "What will you do?" and after being gutted he says "That'll do !"
No one in our theater laughed at that, but it was obviously meant to be funny.
You'd think this film was geared for children up until the point where the Orc leader destroys his right-hand-man.
Peter Jackson, you fooled me once, but you won't be getting any more of my ca$h
He was great back when he was doing ART like Bad Taste, Heavenly Creatures, even King Kong was pretty good, or The Frighteners.
Now he's just gotten greedy and IMHO lost something along the way.