re: The Hobbit Trilogy

You have the right idea here in regards to the hobbit. What no one understands is the hobbit is not LOTR. Read the books, they're two different things. Same world, but written in a different light. The movies are depicted in that way. LOTR is realistic and gritty, while the Hobbit is bright and fun. Some scenes really captured that. The dinner in the Shire is incredibly well-done in that bright fun way.

Not all of the Hobbit was great, but I think it was good overall, entertaining and true to the "spirit of the book." They won't be classics like LOTR, but they're good in their own right