{"id":17456,"date":"2013-01-23T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=17456"},"modified":"2024-01-19T07:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:01:15","slug":"the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2013\/01\/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To the Summary!
<\/strong>Bilbo Baggins, a rather ordinary Hobbit, is chosen to go on an adventure to help the Dwarves reclaim their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the Cast!
<\/strong>Ian McKellen – Gandolf
Martin Freeman – Bilbo
Richard Armitage – Thorin
Ian Holm – Old Bilbo
Elijah Wood – Frodo
Hugo Weaving – Elrond
Cate Blanchett – Galadriel
Christopher Lee – Saruman
Andy Serkis – Gollum
Sylvester McCoy – Radagast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the Deeper Thoughts!
<\/strong>At long last, we have the prequel to The Lord of The Rings.  The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, uncle to Frodo.  See, Bilbo was a quite little Hobbit, enjoying good food, good drink and the quiet of his little Hobbit hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, until Gandolf shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gandolf is in the company of a group of Dwarves.  And the Dwarves need help.  Turns out when you have a whole underground cavern filled to bursting with gold, Smaug the dragon will come and take up residence.  Understandably, the dwarves are upset by this and aim to re-claim their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this, they require the help of a thief, in this case Bilbo.  Not sure what he has to steal, but we have two other movies for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a party, some traveling to Rivendell, some Trolls, and Orcs, and oh ya.  That Gollum guy.  Then the movie ends, so lets get ready for part two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I liked this.  I felt it was right up there with The Lord of The Rings.  Which makes sense given how  pretty much everybody came back to work on this film.  Visually this is a stunning movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of visuals…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I declined to see this in 48fps 3D.  I enjoyed it in good old fashioned 2D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, lets be honest.  The one part we were all looking forward to in this movie.  The meeting between Bilbo and Gollum.  This was a great scene.  Subtle and not to overplayed it was a great re-introduction to Gollum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its tough to write a decent review for this one.  Being the first in a trilogy, you can’t yet judge the whole.  But, so far, we are off to a good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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