Wow...this was unexpected indeed...

Now, I'd probably be the first to admit I don't like the original LOTR trilogy, though I liked ROTK but that's it. Not a Ringer at all, but I still wanted to give this a chance. I remember loving the animated movie as a kid. Who knows, I might like this I thought. Plus, it's got Martin Freeman so there's that.

Needless to say, I really dug the hell out of it.
In fact, I loved…

Ok, now I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited for this because of Benedict Cumberbatch (I'll get to him in a moment). I'm not a big Star Trek fan, or a fan at all for that matter, but the 2009 reboot was great for fans new and old. This however exceeds that film in nearly every way possible.

First, let me start by talking about the sole reason this is worth the price of admission...
BENEDICT...
CUMBERBATCH...
BENEDICT…

I'll admit, I'm not gonna lie. I was REALLY scared to revisit this again. This really got me into film. It's not the film that started my love for film, but it's the first film that made me say "I wanna go into the film industry" so it's really close to me. I've seen this countless times but I noticed that for many people, it does'nt hold up well today so I was really scared to revisit it. Thankfully, I…