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December 12, 2012 Film » Reviews

Epic flail: The Hobbit

by Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) "All good stories deserve embellishment," says the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. And he says it with a twinkle, as though he somehow knew it would…

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Ironically, nothing feels organic, and certainly nothing feels magical here.

There isn't a single thing wrong with this flick.

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