Orcs and Goblins in The Hobbit

[unicorn]

I just saw the movie and loved every second of it. It didn't have the "This is how I imagined it" feel that LOTR did, but it has been many decades since I read The Hobbit.
I note with interest that the role of the Goblin King was played by Australian comic and actor Barry Humphries, all the while I watches his scenes I was thinking this character bears an uncanny resemblance to the great British actor Joss Ackland. I had the same recognition trigger with Gollum and Peter Lorre when LOTR first came out and now I see this is a common opinion. That's all really, I'm sure I'll see TH again before the second installment hits the big screen. I rate it 11 out of 10.

[Rhod the Red]

There were more people in the cinema when I saw it, than for the 3 prev. PJ films. Almost half full.

And a turn of good luck; a technical fault developed so that we weren't shown movie trailers, just skipped straight to the movie. PERFECT start, apart from the ads played beforehand. Ah......happiest feeling ever, before a movie.