The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition) [Blu-ray]

Es una extraordinaria producción , inigualable , hay muchas del mismo tema muy buenas pero como el hobbit y el señor de los anillos jamás se igualaran por que los detalles , la cultura , los personajes , y el tema en si es incomparable , amo ésta serie y creo que todos en el mundo la han visto.

This is a PAL format DVD compatible in Europe not the US systems. We could not view. No where was it noted as such. Very deceptive, very, very disappointed. If I could give less than zero I would.

We very much enjoyed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey after seeing it again, now with our young daughter.The extended version of these movies are highly recommended as it allows you to immerse yourself deeper into beautiful Middle Earth and its lore. And even though some of the critics labelled An Unexpected Journey too long we loved the extended version and some of the extra material. We would have gladly taken more of the added scenes. If anything, the last 45 minutes of this movies is a brilliant rollercoaster.Yes, the 13 minutes of added scenes add to an pacing issue that the movie already had in its original form, essentially a stretched-out version of Tolkien’s children’s book. The issue might be that the story that was meant as a children book perhaps doesn’t lend itself as much as a 9 hour experience. To deal with this many characters like the dwarves get backstories. And new interesting characters are introduced. I still think that the overall story line doesn’t compare well with the gravitas of the Lord of the Ring story line. The Hobbit movies lean more on action and slapstick. Yet we were thrilled to see the movie again and the extended version particular.So watching the Unexpected Journey on our fairly high-end Oled screen with proper surround sound was a delight; the picture is fantastic and of high quality with the colours looking vibrant and bright. The blu ray does do a lot of justice to all the detail of the movie. The audio is equally great with the dialogue, score, and sound effects very well balanced. Such audio visuals combined into an experience that could hardly be better. The Hobbit visuals are much better than the 1st LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring that we now started to watched again in blu ray. LOTR looks more blurry and dated, with some scenes clearly relying on 1990’s movie technology. Some of the old LOTR trilogy effects, apart from the Gollum scenes, start to look noticeably off - comparable to the issues that Star Wars A New Hope had vs its later trilogy movies.Where possible we buy the 3D version of movies, I even prefer it over the cinema 3D experience. The Unexpected Journey looks very crisp and immersing in 3D.An unexpected Journey tells the story of dwarf prince Thorin Oakenshield’s quest to drive the dragon Smaug from his ancient dwellings in the Lonely Mountain (Erebor). For the main character it’s a story about accepting new challenges and finding new friendships. The confrontation between Bilbo and Andy Serkis’ Gollum are particularly notable. And the scenes with the dwarves are quite pleasing. But you only get glimpses of Smaug, most as he flies over burning battlements and city ruins.The extra 13 minutes are scattered throughout the movie. You’ll get a few more dwarf songs, naked dwarfs in an Elf fountain (!) more elaborate gatherings and an extended Goblin-king scene. And perhaps most importantly you finally begin to understand why these particular Dwarves and Elves do not see eye-to-eye, and why Thranduil coldly refused to help the Erebor exiles after Smaug’s attack.The 3 discs contains about 9 (!) hours of extra’s and the list of included extra material is impressive (if you are into it);- The Filmmakers Commentary,- New Zealand: Home of Middle-Earth - about the location with cast interviews.- The Chronicles of The Hobbit – Part 1 – a very extensive documentary about the film production.- The Appendices, Part 8: Return to Middle-Earth – another extensive documentary about character and set designSo it’s a lengthy movie and we watched it in 3 parts, we treated the remainder of the trilogy in the same manner and it got us into a similar mode as with a streaming tv series.The set also includes a digital copy. Nice in a sense. But I get very frustrated by the fact that I now have to run 4 different apps from movie studios each filled with their own digital copy format; iTunes, Flixster/Ultraviolet, Googleplay ect. And so far there is no proper way to integrate my collections of digital copies. Moreover, most will require wifi, which is not always available when travelling. Until this is being addressed these digital copies remain a half-baked freebie in support of self-copies.

Although the film is wonderful and delivery was fine However extremely disappointed with product received. I already own this version of the film (and now I have 2 of the same- the new arrival still in its packaging) BUT when I ordered this 3D version I did so because the information said that it had Portuguese subtitles ( have a couple of family members who speak very little English). So I was really excited that I could show this film in 3D which they could understand.. But of course as has happened before the product received was NOT WHAT WAS ADVERTISED which makes me concerned if one can ever trust the information that AMAZON shows for their products..

As with many people who purchase The Hobbit I was a preexisting fan of Peter Jackson's Lord of the rings and also the fantastic books by Tolkien.Having seen what George Lucas did with the Star Wars prequels I was concerned with what would become of this film series and I am happy to say that for me the film for the most part delivered. The whole of The Hobbit Trilogy (like the books before it) have a very different feel the The Lord of The Rigs films but they still offer a very enjoyable view of the Middle Earth mythology. Personally I wasn't happy with the amount of CGI used in the film despite the fact it was very well executed. I would recommend that you buy the Extended Editions rather than the theatrical version because the new content really helps the fluidity of the film and makes what was an at time incoherent plot much better.As with all the Special Editions there is ample enjoyable documentaries and special features that will extend the life of the box set way beyond the films.

Highly entertaining and well crafted. The 3D is state of the art! I suggest you see it in 90 mt sections and that makes it more palatable than sitting through the 3 hours plus film in one bum-numbing session!

The movie is just BRILLIANT and all the extras are well worth the money... however i'm rating the movie, not the postage delay.I have to mention that even tho Amazon took a week! to send this to me even when i paid the postage for 1-2 day delivery... i wasn't happy that i had to wait that long and i thought i would have to re-order but it came in the end... i spoke to Amazon and they were as helpful as they could be. also refunded my postage for the inconvenience so Thank you for that.The hobbit is really a good movie in comparison to the book i think they've done a great job - i can't wait to watch the Desolation of Smaug