Who's in it?
Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

What's the plot?
Set in Middle Earth 60 years before ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’, follows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he sets out on an epic quest to reclaim stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug.


After being chosen by Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves to clash swords with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers...not forgetting Gollum.



‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ is directed by Peter Jackson (‘Lord of the Rings’).


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Contains moderate violence.
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They say movies are about two things; someone new comes to town or someone goes on a journey. The Hobbit is both as Gandalf the Grey Wizard seeks out Bilbo to complete a quest. The quest involves an epic journey. However the book is faithfully adhered too except for the eponymous title. For some reason Peter Jackson felt it would be titled an unexpected journey probably to tie in with the quest. Anyway in the book it is an unexpected party as the dwarves descend on Bilbo and upset his ordered life. Bilbo is Frodo Baggins' Cousin and at the beginning of the LOTR films it is Frodo who is gifted the ring and carries out his own quest. The Hobbit is the first book in the series and bizarrely was featured last. It is also split into 3 parts and this portion finishes at part which is to be continued. It doesn't end here but it is still a very long film albeit there are another two parts in the pipeline. It is over 3 hours long and younger viewers may be bored even if they liked the book. After all the book it for children and my boys loved the film.

reasonable film. expected more from lord of the rings.

I really enjoyed the film with my dad and he enjoyed it as well. i would recommend the film to my friends in college and my famillies.