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Start your adventure with 48 original stories, following Susan and Ben on unexpected journeys.

Paul Perkins is an attorney, former White House staffer and author of the spiritual memoir, Unexpected Journeys.

As has become standard for bankable intellectual property (see the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises), the book is being split into two films, the first of which, An Unexpected Journey, will arrive in time for Christmas.

His unexpected journey to the Googleplex started three months ago, split seconds after he Googled «python lambda function list comprehension,» or so he says.

Sweet basil and strawberries take this creamy guacamole dish on an unexpected journey to the next level.

Blogger Aby is a 39 - year - old mama photographer who took up blogging to document her unexpected journey into motherhood with her first child in her late 30s.

It's been an incredible and unexpected journey, but «you do the best with what's in front of you,» Labit says.

The film earned just 11.2 % less on its respective opening weekend than The Force Awakens, which is a smaller drop than even The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug -LRB--12.9 %) from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

This unexpected journey has given me ample time to reflect on the many nuances of healing and the stages of the process.

Head on over to my Unexpected Journey series to catch up on my journey dealing with and recovering from my accessory navicular injury.

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So sorry for the lack of posts lately, but if you have been keeping up with my Unexpected Journey series, you'll know I've been taking it very easy post-surgery.

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So here I am, on this unexpected journey.

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Anyway, there are still about six hours to go until «The Hobbit» movie is complete, and that languid approach is all too evident in «An Unexpected Journey.»

Peter Jackson does find some success with «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,» but not as a whole, relegating it to the shadows of the «Lord of the Rings» trilogy.

What's more, although An Unexpected Journey already runs close to three hours, the home video version will feature almost half an hour of extra footage.

«An Unexpected Journey» is not a good film, but that's on a «Lord of the Rings» scale.

(Lee Pace, as Thranduil, must have more to do in parts two and three because I don't even think he has a line in «Unexpected Journey.»)

(L - r) JAMES NESBITT as Bofur, MARTIN FREEMAN (front) as Bilbo Baggins, STEPHEN HUNTER as Bombur, GRAHAM McTAVISH as Dwalin, WILLIAM KIRCHER as Bifur, and JED BROPHY as Nori in New Line Cinema's and MGM's fantasy adventure «THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY,» a Warner Bros..

Fewer follows ups have been more anticipated than The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first in a new trilogy of films set in the much beloved Middle Earth, previously seen in the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy.

As for that 3D, even though I continue to wallow in my anti-third dimension misery, adamant that the technology is unnecessary and the same effect can be achieved through proper shot composition, during «An Unexpected Journey» the 3D is far less distracting because the frame rate is far more so.

For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first.

«There are so many portents and call - forwards and direct duplications of items and events (and even the outright plot structure) from The Lord of the Rings trilogy that there's very little sense of invention or discovery about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey; it all connects to, or outright copies, events and images we've long since memorized.»

While not as good as any of the Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey launches a new franchise in an enjoyable manner.

It's too bad, though, that back in 2012 something as expectation - logged as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the movie Hollywood decided to use for our collective guinea pigging moment, microwaving a beloved world like a bag of robot popcorn and crisping it up to within a millimeter of insanity, exploding every visual element into tiny, exquisitely detailed parts, forcing you to look, LOOK, LOOK!!!

While this is a major plus for «An Unexpected Journey,» yet again, it solidifies the full film as a disappointment.

Classical frame rates have a way of hiding these edges and making actual magic, and we lose that with An Unexpected Journey.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.40:1 on this Blu - Ray Disc.

I was musing on those good old days during the uneventful first two hours — yes, I said first two hours — of «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.»

But The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is ultimately far too long and ungainly for its own good, more a collection of jammed - up scenes and ideas than anything you could call a movie.

It's disappointing that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey doesn't fully deliver on what it promised.

An Unexpected Journey is almost certain to avoid the maligning that The Phantom Menace drew, with Jackson not having to meet expectations nearly as tall while also having a beloved novel to help meet them.

I fully expect a variety of ever - extended versions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to be released in a multitude of formats in the near and far future.

An Unexpected Journey is a tad slight, but it remains compelling.

An Unexpected Journey is slow and, for long stretches, short on action.

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Peter Jackson has his first of two Hobbit movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, hitting screens on December 13th.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is really long.

Overall, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey doesn't quite like up to expectations but it does have enough to make the viewer want to see what happens to Bilbo and company.

However, that's not how things played out and it's absolutely impossible to venture back into Middle - earth without hopes it'll meet the expectations set by «Lord of the Rings,» and considering «An Unexpected Journey» falls far short, it'll inevitably endure more flack than it deserves.

At nearly three hours long, «An Unexpected Journey» has moments when the caravan seems both overstuffed and out of balance, but it's such a scenic trip that only a stubborn homebody could complain.

IAN McKELLEN as Gandalf in New Line Cinema's and MGM's fantasy adventure «THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY,» a Warner Bros..

There's no question that the HFR is jarring at first (anyone who doesn't notice the difference needs to take an unexpected journey to Specsavers) but the incredible clarity and detail serves to break down the barrier between you and the film — in the close - ups you often feel like you're watching a play.

In fact, «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey» even boasts one of the most successful scenes of the year — an encounter between Bilbo and Gollum (Andy Serkis) in the goblin tunnels.

With a running time pushing three hours, it's not just an unexpected journey that the titular halfling embarks upon in this, the first big - screen adaptation of JRR Tolkien's enduringly popular children's book and the opening installment in Jackson's new Middle - Earth trilogy, it's a long one.

Another way in which Jackson aims to make An Unexpected Journey more than just another movie and perhaps the aspect that will spark more discussion than any other is his decision to shoot the film in High Frame Rate 3D.

«An Unexpected Journey» has a tough job.

Jeremy reviews «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey»!