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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) -- P. Jackson
This was one of my
favorite books as a child so I approached this film with some trepidation (as I
did the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which I can't quite remember in detail
now). At the start, when Smaug attacks
Erebor, I felt turned off by the CGI -- but gradually I grew accustomed to
it. Distant memories of a book I read 30
years ago started to resonate with the images on the screen. The actors did nothing to contradict or
interfere with these internal images and I felt some of the magic I
recalled. Ian McKellen is truly great as
Gandalf. In the end, I felt immersed in
the fantasy, ready for more (and thinking about when my sons will be ready to
have the book read to them).
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