When it was first announced that The Hobbit was going to be adapted into two films, it was cause for concern. Mid-production, that changed to three films, and it became probably the first trilogy reviled by angry fanboys and stuffy purists before release. Reading J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit was part of a lot our formative years, so I'm not going to lie - I was mildly cautious, yet ever hopeful as, I walked in to watch the first of three films bringing one of my favourite books to life.
I'm happy to report that the film is a majestic, extremely beautiful-....