The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey

More than ten years after having seen on the screen a community of heterogeneous heroes assembled to carry a ring to the Mountain of Destiny, here is a strangely similar story, where a company of dwarves embarks a hobbit to Mont Solitaire … Although generally faithful to the book, the scenario of “The Hobbit” is undeniably articulated to draw a parallel with the first film of the trilogy of the lord of the rings. Everything contributes, from rhythm to staging, to this desire to print a gravity almost all the while, although the original work is lighter. We suddenly find the same defects as “The Fellowship of the ring”. A sensation of watching a film serving primarily as a springboard for summits reserved for its suites, a tempo diluted, a road movie a little vain chaining the events, here less well connected and having too often recourse to deus ex machina.

The major difference with “The Fellowship of the ring” is the absence of a Sauron online in sight. So yes, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and others disseminate here and there winks and curses opening on the glorious trilogy, but it’s still a bit misleading. Visually, “The Hobbit” is a treat. The grandiose landscapes of New Zealand are parading, making the retinas of pleasure explode. This guy Jackson had kept many panoramas in reserve, we will not complain. Slight annoyance on the true / false 3D rocker, nothing wrong though. And level pure achievement, it flutter more than usual (trend “King Kong”), with an abuse of slow motion that sometimes tick, which breaks the solemnity of the film.

What finally bothered me the most was the score of Howard Shore, who pillaged his previous compositions shamelessly to back them up with new images. And be careful, no slight melodic borrowing on insignificant passages, no, no, I’m talking about whole movements all just reorchestrés related to key scenes, applied to moments no less important in “The Hobbit”. It is all the more unfortunate that the original themes made up pleasant to hear, including “Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold” sticking to the basques of this company of dwarfs who has no blush of any comparison.

But do not get me wrong by reading, “The Hobbit” is an excellent cinematic entertainment, with scenes that thrill with pleasure, [SPOILERS] from the Gollum / Bilbo confrontation to the eagles’ arrival, just fantastic to live. Engaged in his seat, we would want to get up, applaud and shout encouragement. “The Hobbit” is above all a perfect launching pad for a sequel that looks great, I’m already stamping and wait a year despairs me a little. Once I’ve seen it, I’ll come back to “The Hobbit”, as I was able to do with “The Fellowship of the ring”, I’ll certainly find it a new texture, more tasty.