Peter Jackson
Lo Hobbit - Un viaggio inaspettato

There are films that transcend: they transcend marketability, aesthetics, cinematic grammar.

There are films that transcend the very idea of cinema to delve into the folds of your deepest self, and most of the time, they shake you.

Then, there are films that simply transcend.

There are films capable of creating a world so far from reality yet so believable thanks to an unparalleled aesthetic delight.

There are films that move you, that make you reflect, that scare you, that make you root for the good guys.

There are films that are not understood and will one day be rediscovered, and there are films that are not understood and will never be rediscovered, but there are films capable of making you live.

There are beautiful, stunning films that you can't even describe.

There are blockbuster films and there are films where the room is empty, films that make you feel very smart for knowing how to appreciate them.

There are films whose lines you learn by heart and keep to yourself in difficult moments.

There are films whose lines you learn by heart and blurt out at every chance.

There are films you wish everyone would see and films you wish you were the only one to have seen because you consider them only yours, so intimate.

There are mediocre films with a fantastic ending.

There are fantastic films with mediocre endings.

There are films that remind you why you love cinema.

There are films that give an ontological status to the nickname someone gave cinema: "seventh art."

And then there are the flops like "The Hobbit," R.I.P.