The Hobbit -

Not entirely sure how I feel about this one. I did like a lot of the extra padding but in the end that's all it was - there are many scenes the did nothing for the story.

It's also hard to judge given that it's just a part of the story and some of my favourite characters haven't shown up yet.

I feel that they did a very poor job of identifiying the various Dwarves to the audience - at least half of them were reduced to pure background status.

Most disappointing was Thorin. He was well played but I just didn't recognise the character.

right now i'd say 2.5 balls pending a second viewing. I'll be more forgiving if the Necromancer stuff pays off later.

Django Unchained - [the D is silent ;)]

Now this was a fun movie, and you can tell they had fun making it. They characters are great and the scenery is amazing.

in short, it's about a slave turned bounty hunter on a quest to rescue his wife from slavers. It's a Western in the South in 1858.

The film is peppered with Tarantino's trademark brutality so not for the faint of heart but I had a great time watching this film.

Bonus points for Quentin Tarantino cameo.

4 balls.