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And here's the big question mark. Peter Jackson hasn't had much luck lately (King Kong and The Lovely Bones weren't so kindly received by critics and audiences), so now he's returning to the fantasy world that brought him his first success, but can he live up to the standards of his fans, the fans of Tolkien, and pull this off? I'm not so sure. Thus far, I've been discouraged with the choices he's made in the screenplay and casting. His approach just doesn't seem at all right for the material. He's splitting the film into two parts and shooting it in 3D, both choices of which are completely unnecessary from a storytelling perspective, but will help him to make big bucks for the studio regardless of whether it's a hit or not. Add to the matter that he's changing the story, adding characters and events that aren't in the book, and that he's casting young attractive actors as dwarves and this film could suffer the "prequel plague" that George Lucas' last three Star Wars films were infected with.

See my quick tip detailing concerns about the direction of the film.