Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them ...

SYDNEY — Director Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. have provided a sneak peak at what will be one of the most anticipated releases of 2012, with the trailer of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ...

There is an early moment in The Hobbit ... 24 fps screening in 2-D. Unexpected Journey does get some things right. Most crucially, there is the moment of grace when Bilbo, wearing the ring ...

Now that you’ve watched “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” you may have some ... Sauron has lost and Gollum has found/stolen, which Bilbo finds/steals during a detour on a separate adventure.

Whereas “The Lord of the Rings” naturally divided into the three books, “The Hobbit” contains ... acquire the fabled ring. But Bilbo’s “unexpected journey” is awfully slow to start.

Martin Freeman and Sir Ian McKellen have appeared in new photos from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. New pictures featuring the characters of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and Gollum among others were ...

So goes "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Long-awaited and much-debated ... half of its 169-minute running time to get its story of Bilbo Baggins and the 13 dwarves rolling.

More backstory battle footage spikes things up again as the long journey ... Bilbo beginning to come into his own as a character. One of Tolkien’s shrewdest strategies in writing Hobbit and ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey wanders and ... Finally, with Bilbo roped in, they all set off on the long journey to Erebor. Now we're once again treated to long helicopter shots of the craggy ...

With these thoughts in mind, I saw the movie version of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit ... and diminutive Bilbo, who seems an unlikely addition for a dangerous, life-changing journey.