‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ is a middling return to Middle-earth
By Bryan Bishop, theverge.com

Peter Jackson ditches romance and charm for high frame rates and 3D

A decade ago, Peter Jack­son pulled off what many thought was impos­si­ble: adapt­ing J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into an epic big-screen tril­o­gy. The movies…

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