Hour and a half into Hobbit and all it has been so far is walking/eating/walking/eating rinse and repeat. Way too much CGI and the CGI looks like shit when it comes to animation,still looks fake. All they did is film in front of a green screen. The original trilogy they filmed on location,used actors for orcs and each prop was unique to that actor wearing it. It was a very carefully crafted series. This is CGI and green screens and it shows. This does not feel like Peter Jacksons LOTR but a made for TV take on The Hobbit to bank on the success of LOTR...just 10 years late.
I really ignored all the reviews for it and only heard people didn't like it. My first thought was that many of those people I remember asking when it was announced they didn't get why make another as they never heard of the book. Well now I see why it's not very well liked. It's Peter Jacksons Made for TV take on the story trying to bank on the success of LOTR using many shortcuts. Didn't work.