User:Balin111

I watched The Hobbit (1977) when I was 6 years old. I watched it over and over again. Whenever we went by a Blockbuster, I'd ask my parents in we could watch it. I was in love with the story. The frightening goblins, dwarves, magic elves, Bilbo, Gandalf, Smaug the terrible, and those awful spiders were all wonderful. But, there was just one seen I did not understand: Gollum. I had no idea what to make of it.

When I was 7, my parents showed me Peter Jackson's Lord of The Rings trilogy. Since the first time I saw it, Return of the King was my favorite movie. THe special effects were some of the best I have ever seen (strangley enough, I never had any nightmares and none of it scared me). I was able to understand Gollum too. Some time after, I saw the book in Borders. We bought it and I have since read the book over 5 times. I got the graphic novel (I actually took a week long class with the illustrator recently and he autographed the book for me), the Michael Hague book, and a John Howe art book. When I got older, I began to spark interest in the books, ''Lord of the Rings. I thought, the movies were so great, the books must be even better (I am an avid reader and one of the grade's best students. I have only ever read a book that was not better than the movie and that was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. The Gene Wilder Version was far superior.). After a few years, I got around to reading them. They did not meet my expectations. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed them (The Two Towers and Return of the King in particular) but I believed that the movies were far better.

Now, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  has just came out. With all of the negativity, I didn't expect too much. I thought it might be as good as the book and I was right. That's what I thought going in. Going out, I thought 'That was amazing! That was much better than I thought! That might have been even better than the book! I think it was! I'm seeing that again!'. And I did.

The Hobbit is one of my favorite books of all time, Lotr were excelent as well, and Peter Jackson's films are spectacular. I will try to contribute and expand this wiki as best I can.