User blog comment:Rhilowe/The Hobbit (likes,dislikes,review) NO SPOILERS/@comment-5895009-20121230235539/@comment-112.209.8.201-20130102041357

Well, you shouldn't be expecting the same feel of LotR for the Hobbit. The Hobbit (book) had naturally a lighter and funnier theme, so the making of the movie was correct.

LotR was made first because it seemed easier for PJ - I think. He couldn't at first think of how to make the 13 dwarves.