Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012

Directed by Peter Jackson

  • Adventure, Fantasy, Action
  • 169 min
  • PG-13

From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

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Earnest, classical in form, epic and resolved.

  • earnestironic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • intimateepic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • sparerichly built

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