I watch it often, and I personally enjoy the stabby parts full of swords and such. I dunno about you though, but I heard that theyre making the Hobbit too! I personally liked the book myself. I liked how the author used prose and gave the hero some rather nonchivalric qualities like power or wisdom. I much appreciated that, it was like sipping a cool cup of iced tea right after the grime and blood from the regular battlefield. I much rather liked the lack of skills in Bilbo than the excess of them in others.