Divided reviews of the long-awaited "The Hobbit"

The highly anticipated film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" has received mixed reviews, and while some claim that the film is boring and too detailed, others are disappointed with the new technology used in the film.

The first film in the "Hobbit" trilogy, which lasts three hours and nine minutes, was too long for many critics

The first part of the trilogy by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson was based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien for more than ten years. "An Unexpected Journey" opens worldwide next week and is estimated to earn $137 million at the U.S. box office in its opening weekend.

Jackson turned the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which was filmed from 2001 to 2003, into a "heavy" three billion dollar blockbuster.

Fans of the book will love the movie

The first film from the "Hobbit" trilogy, which lasts three hours and nine minutes, was too long for many critics, writes Reuters.

The critic of the "Hollywood Reporter" stated that the director fulfilled the dream of every "purist"

Although fans of the book "will no doubt love the movie," it is "ambitious and visually inventive, but not nearly as exciting as the first part of 'The Rings,'" said Lia Rosen, the site's critic. TheWrap.com.

Peter Deburgh of Variety criticized Jackson for adding a "mythologically complicated, computer-generated prologue" that had no relation to Tolkien's template.

"For the sake of spectacle, this unnecessary sequence is reminiscent of parts of the scenography from the second and third parts of 'The Lord of the Rings,'" he said.

The critic of the "Hollywood Reporter" stated that the director fulfilled the dream of every "purist" by translating "every comma, period and colon from the first six chapters of the book" into a film.

The film follows the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who by chance becomes part of a group of dwarves who set out to steal their treasure from the dragon Shmaug.

The film also stars Richard Armitage and Benedict Cumberbatch, while Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Elijah Wood reprise their roles from The Lord of the Rings.

The perfect Bilbo

The journalist of the Australian "Herald Sun" Neela Johnson stated that the comedian Freeman is "the perfect Bilbo - at the same time amazed, scared and funny". The critic of "Screen Crash" agreed with her and added that Freeman played Bilbo "charmingly and effectively".

Lia Rosen stated that the film feels so "hyper-realistic that, ironically, it makes the scenes seem fake".

For The Hobbit, Jackson decided to use a new 3D recording format of 48 frames per second instead of the usual 24 frames per second.

After the world premiere in New Zealand, the media wrote that many viewers felt sick and dizzy because of this innovation.

Lia Rosen stated that the film feels so "hyper-realistic that, ironically, it makes the scenes seem fake", while Peter Deburgh opined that the different shooting format gave it "an exaggerated, artificial quality that makes the costumes and sets feel very fake".

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