My mother read "The Hobbit" aloud on a car trip home from Florida when I was 8 - she dislikes Tolkien, but my dad loves it. When I found out there was a Hobbit movie, I was so excited.
Only then I watched it. Ouch.
But the music is so catchy!
Heh...I think they're fun movies for little kids...but don't capture the real book at all.