Und weiter geht's mit Kritiken aus den USA:
'New York Times':
http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/movies/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-by-peter-jackson.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0Zitat:
This installment takes Bilbo and his companions, led by the exiled dwarf king Thorin (Richard Armitage), son of Thrain, through a series of encounters with orcs, elves, trolls and other beings, some scarier or more charming than others.
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We have heard so many weird proper names intoned in made-up tongues, witnessed so many embodiments of pure evil rise and fall and seen so many fine British actors in beards and flowing robes that we may be too jaded for “The Hobbit,” in spite of its noble pedigree.
Nur 2,5 von Michael Phillipps von der 'Chicago Tribune' ("Digitally pumped-up 'Hobbit' is a so-so trip"):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-hobbit-movie-review-20121212,0,6577900.columnJames Verniere von 'Boston Herald's' gefällt der Plot und die Schauspielleistung, weniger jedoch die Umsetzung:
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/movie_reviews/2012/12/hobbit%E2%80%99_dwarfs_3_d_quibblesZitat:
Thorin son of Thraine (a terrific Richard Armitage), the heir of Erebor, and 11 fellow “Longbeards” join Gandalf the Grey (the great Ian McKellen in fabulous voice) and “burglar” Bilbo on a parlous quest to their homeland to retake the Lonely Mountain and claim Smaug’s priceless hoard.
Auch die 'Los Angeles Times ' kommt zu einem gemischten Ergebnis:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hobbit-review-20121213,0,3597577.storyZitat:
Newcomers Martin Freeman, as Bilbo, and Richard Armitage, as Dwarf Lord Thorin Oakenshield, are excellent, but they don't involve us the way even glimpses of old friends like Cate Blanchett's ethereal Galadriel or Hugo Weaving's Elrond do."
Ann Hornaday von der 'Washington Post':
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey,1209344/critic-review.html#reviewNum1