The Hobbit: Gird your loins, we're going on an adventure

My son and I saw the Hobbit this weekend.  The movie was excellent! The world created by Tolkien really comes to life on screen in a very big way.  The main character of the movie, Bilbo Baggins, is a mild manner Hobbit who really just wants to enjoy the comforts of his home in the Shire, but things change rather quickly when he has multiple unexpected guests show up for dinner, an interesting group of dwarves, who consume everything he has to eat in the house.    The dwarves have much more in store for Bilbo: they want him to sign up to be a burglar in a wild adventure.  Bilbo would much rather that they all go away so he can just be alone to enjoy a little dinner by himself.  Of course after thinking about it a little while he "girds his loins" and takes off on the wild adventure.  There wouldn't be much of a story if he didn't. Bilbo exhibits a virtue that is thrust upon him, fortitude, which results in courage to join the drawves on the adventure for a noble cause.   On the adventure Bilbo encounters elves, orgs, trolls, goblins, and of course a dragon.  You and your family will enjoy it very much.  Tolkien's enduring story is brilliantly brought to life in this journey. To learn a little about the mythical world of Middle Earth and the hero's in each of the stories I invite you to read Tolkien's Myth and Heriosm on Word on Fire blog.    Note: there is some violence in the movie that may not be appropriate for young children. For a full review see Steve Greydanus (he is a deacon candidate) review of the Hobbit on Decent Films.