Have read The Hobbit probably 20 times over the years, and the Trilogy at least that many, too. Peter Jackson did an incredible job with the Trilogy and I expect The Hobbit will be as good. I'm not into dressing up for anything, but I'm certainly looking forward to sharing The Hobbit with my granddaughter, who is the perfect age to see this and hopefully read the books. Harry Potter and the Twilight vampire BS series will NEVER hold a candle to what Tolkien created. They are just pretenders.