If
you've been looking for a good fantasy movie to watch then you've
come to the right place. Today, I'll be recommending/reviewing The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey which is probably the best film that
I've seen in the past few months.
The
Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins, uncle of Frodo Baggins, who appeared in
the Lord of the Rings trilogy played by Sir Ian Holm. In this film, Holm
makes an appearance early on in the film as “old Bilbo” but
Martin Freeman takes the role of “young Bilbo” for the rest of
the movie. Without giving too much away, the story involves Bilbo
being whisked away on a quest by Gandalf (played by Sir Ian McKellen)
and a band of dwarves which brings him face to face with perils that
he has never encountered before.
The
actors in the movie performed brilliantly. Freeman did an excellent
job as Bilbo and it was good to see Ian McKellen reprising his role
as Gandalf the Grey. Another cast member who really caught my eye
during the film was Richard Armitage who plays the dwarf leader
Thorin Oakenshield. He definitely stood out as a powerful character,
much like Aragorn did in The Return of the King. Some of the dwarves
don't get noticed all that well mostly because they aren't essential
to the story. However, Peter Jackson did a really good job of giving
all of the dwarves as big of a role as possible so that the audience
can develop at least some sort of connection with them. An additional
character that I should mention is Radagast the Brown (played by Sylvester McCoy), a wizard who
really adds some entertainment to the movie.
