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I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when I was younger, and loved them, so of course I had to see all of the movies! I bought The Hobbit because I was unable to the theaters to see it last year, and the 2nd installment was getting ready to hit theaters; I didn't want to watch Part 2 without having watched Part 1. As I mentioned earlier, it'd been many years since I'd read the book, so I'd forgotten some of the story line. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie (although not as much as the 2nd one). Having more recently watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it was pretty cool to see the background info. on Bilbo and many of the other characters. Even without reading the books, I think most viewers would be entertained; However, had I not read the Hobbit and already been a LOTR's fan, I probably would have given it 4 stars.Read full review