A good movie

I already saw this movie, I even saw it in the movie theater when it was released, but since I just bought an awesome brand new TV, I thought I might as well check it out again. On top of that, I just bought the Extended edition on Blu-ray. Anyway, back then, now more than 20 years ago, I went every year with my buddies to watch 'The Lord of the Rings' movies and we had a blast each time. For this prequel trilogy, I went with my (now ex-)wife and 2 step-children which was pretty emotional, at least for me. We went to see it in IMAX 3D with 48 fps but I'm not so sure if I should advise you to watch this movie in this format. Honestly, it took me at least 30 minutes to get use to it and I'm pretty sure the movie would be just as enjoyable in a more standard version. Anyway, how was the movie then? Well, the first time around, I thought it was awesome and it was visually quite impressive. The point is that, story wise, how can you judge this movie since you have seen only a third of the whole story? The strength of the LOTR trilogy is that each installment was better than the previous one and there was this amazing built-up lasting for 8 hours with a massive climax. This movie was supposed to be just a warm-up, at least, I was hoping for. Eventually, anyone who loved the previous trilogy should really enjoy this movie, that's for sure. Indeed, it was grand to get back to Middle Earth, to hear the music, to see the Shire and Bilbo's house and to go once again in another adventure with Gandalf the Grey. However, you can feel that Peter Jackson was really stretching the material though and, unfortunately, each time I re-watched this movie, it does impress me less and less after each re-watch. Well, after all these years, I came to the conclusion that I was actually way too enthusiast when I first watched it. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie and this whole trilogy never turned out to be as awesome as I was hoping for, I still think it is it worth a look especially if you love 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy like I do.