The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

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Saw it, loved it, and damn I'm dead beat tired!


Edit because I can't sleep!



Alrighty, I liked it from start to finish. Legolas and his super hero stunts were probably my biggest complaints just because I don't see PJ giving as much to other characters and races. Slanted Elf love, I get it, but honestly I don't really have any complaints.

Smaug was done wonderful, Gandalf's story was cut too short if anything..I loved his side plot. If pacing was an issue for you in AUJ, it won't be here unless you prefer it slow, because this sucker moves fast and there is no slowing down when this train has started. I am looking forward to a slightly slower version with the extended version, but that's probably just because I'm a geek amd want more more more. If anything though the scenes feel possibly cut too short, and Smaug might runs a bit too long. Smaug is a dragon that future film makers will be using as their inspiration to get it right. Every scene Smaug is in is an instant masterpiece.

Sauron, Azog and Gandalf...I loved this side stuff, and was left yearning for more! Tauriel works well too. I like the invention of Tauriel and it's told in such a way that it doesn't hurt the story, and give a bit more character development to a certain Dwarf, and seeing as there are 13 of the them you kinda wanna try to flesh out as much as you can. It worked for me!

From Beorn to barrel riding, it's a fun movie adaption. If your a purist then you'll likely hate half of it though. Oh, and it is very heavy on using CGI this go around so if you don't like that then you will find a lot of issues with the Orcs. I'm tired so I'll try to update this better tomorrow.