The Hobbit

Not sure about the complaints of the 1st HOBBIT movie, I found it quite enchanting. A great adventure, memorable cast, sweeping, enthralling - all the things I remember of the LOTR trilogy. But then again I've never read the books.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

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Directed by Peter Jackson. With Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis. A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug...