2012 · fantasy · adventure
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Directed by Peter Jackson2h 49m2012
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Our read: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive fantasy · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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