Watched The Hobbit with my sister and mom today (in German, which means I had to do some placenames research). Writing review is hard when you haven't taken any notes. And maybe I should mention that I did reread the book, but didn't pursue spoilers for the movie - so forgive me if I mention things that are old news.

• Of course there were ads before the movie and this time I wanted to see them, because I had read that the Star Trek Into Darkness trailer (which I hadn't seen yet - and seeing it in the theater is cooler) would be played (although I didn't know if they'd do in in Germany too). Then the Bad Robot logo appeared on the screen, hee. And my mom commented that she didn't know about that Benedict Cumberbatch role yet. Also, if that's really the voice actor they'll use for BC, I am very pleased.


• I put on the 3D glasses and took them off again just seconds later. Bah. It was more comfortable for my eyes to watch without these glasses.
  
  
  


• Only maybe half into the first part did I remember the bigger framerate and I can't even remember how. Because it's not like I could notice it.


• The story started with old Bilbo starting his book on the day of the party. It was so nice to see Frodo and old Bilbo again. And all the same voice actors were back too. \o/


• Before the story starts properly, old Bilbo sends us into a flashback about Dale (in German they called it Thal, although it was Dal in my book. Oh well.) and the Lonely Mountain, only glimpses of Cumbersmaug (Y U TEASE US SO?) and an army of Elves just standing there, looking down to the dwarves and then leaving. The fuck is wrong with you, Elves? How very unhelpful of them.


• I've said it before, but I need to say it again: Martin Freeman is so fucking perfect as Bilbo!


• The dwarves arrived a bit faster than in the book: 1, 2, 9 (and Gandalf) and much later the last one. The grumpy Thorin arrived last, maybe they didn't want him to spoil the party. Maybe I'm imagining it (because I know what's coming), but I felt there was already a sense of doom around him.


• Bilbo said "Not the jam!" (or something like that), hahaha. John Bilbo loves his jam.


• And then there were hedgehogs, ha! Radagast (Oh, so the white stuff in his hair is bird crap! I assume that, because he has a nest under his hat.) and his animals - reminds me of Fluttershy, hahaha. Also, his sled is cool.


• Haha, my mom helpfully held her hand in front of my eyes, when the spiders crawled over Radagast's house. We saw the rough shape of the Necromancer, heard him make a sound, but not speak :o/. Also, hi, Witch King, long time no see!


• Have mentioned that this is probably the movie with the most actors I recognize? No Evangeline Lilly yet, though.


• The trolls were good. I wish I had a better memory, so I could tell if they looked like they did in LotR.


• I don't remember the Pale Orc (?) or orcs and wargs East of the Misty Mountains.


15 minutes break


• Along a rock crevice into Rivendell.


• Was that the same cute Elf as the one from LotR?


• Tried not to get creeped out by Saruman, that evil bastard.


• Ooh, stone giants! I didn't expect them to make it into the movie.


• I like the Goblin King, heh. And he was beautiful in his ugly way. What's with the evil species' tendency to be ugly?! :o/


• My god, that orc massacre! Way to make me feel sorry for orcs. I never liked the concept of a whole evil species anyway.


• Gollum ♥! What is it with my love for bad characters and me going "he shall be my squishy"?


• Bit sad that they didn't make Bilbo finding the Ring like they did in LotR.


• But loved to see the riddles in the dark. They managed to make it scary. In the book it felt a bit silly (I really should erad the English version one day, I'm almost sure it's better).


• Currently my favorite dwarves: Balin and Bofur. Also, I swear they used the same voice actor for Gloin as they had for Gimli, heee.


• Bilbo is losing his buttons earlier than in the book, which made me guess that he wouldn't encounter any more orcs on his way out. Correctly, it turned out.


• I read somewhere that the first movie would end somewhere around the attack of the orcs and wargs, so I thought we'd get a literal cliffhanger. Because the trees were on a cliff and fall like dominoes, so all the dawrves, Bilbo and Gandalf end up on one tree. The one that's right on the edge. And then tilts too.


• But the eagles come to the rescue and from the landing place we can see the Lonely Mountain, which leads us to another glimpse. The last picture of the movie is Smaug's eye looking out from under the pile of gold.