2 Paws
Seen recently at Aksarben Cinema
Too much Orc, not enough charm.
I'm not obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien's tales of fantasy, but I did manage to read The Hobbit and rather enjoyed it. Peter Jackson's take on the classic - at least the first installment of it - is a bit of a yawner. I've never been a fan of slimy, brutish creatures with bad teeth and even worse manners, and their antics dominated the action.
Martin Freeman makes a charming Bilbo Baggins, and there's a searing fierceness in Richard Armitage's Thorin Oakenshield, the exiled Dwarf king. But neither gets much of a chance to endear themselves to the audience, which is the best part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I also prefer Gandalf the White to Gandalf the Grey, at least in terms of his fashion sense. Maybe the second one will be better.
Bonus Bones: 0
I guess there were no dogs in Middle-earth.
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