Thursday - The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey in 3D

As a treat, I thought I'd take my Dad to his first (contemporary) 3D film. He said that he'd seen one, a horror film, back in the sixties when it was shot in green and red and you had to wear those funny coloured glasses. He's now got some modern ones and we went to see this:

Very good. It sticks to the story quite well, although I think it's been beefed up for the Lord of the Rings audience, rather than aimed at a Hobbit audience, if you see what I mean. Plus it's been stretched to three parts, so they've obviously had to add a fair amount to the original. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins and he's very good, such that you almost forget Ian Holm played the original. All the rest of the gang are back, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian, plus you won't recognise Ken Stott and James Nesbitt under the dwarf makeup. There's lots of battle scenes and everything looks great in 3D.

All-in-all a brilliant film to end the year with.