The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey especially in the early going." Kate Muir of "The Times" gave the film four out of five stars, saying Martin Freeman "perks up" the film as Bilbo Baggins and that Jackson's use of 48 frames per second 3D technology gives the film "lurid clarity". Dan Jolin of "Empire" gave the film four out of five stars and thought "The Hobbit plays younger and lighter than Fellowship and its follow-ups, but does right by the faithful and has a strength in Martin Freeman's Bilbo that may yet see this trilogy measure up to the last one" and he stated that "There
The Quest of Erebor The Quest of Erebor "The Quest of Erebor" is a work of fantasy fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien, posthumously published by his son Christopher Tolkien in "Unfinished Tales" (1980). This work explains how and why Gandalf arranged for the retaking of the Lonely Mountain ("Erebor" in Sindarin), an adventure recounted from the perspective of Bilbo Baggins many years before in Tolkien's "The Hobbit". The term "Quest of Erebor" can also refer to the quest told in "The Hobbit". For more on the quest itself, see the synopsis in the main article on "The Hobbit". "The Quest of Erebor" was