The Desolation of Smaug: Movie (poster) review

[Growley]

The LotR trilogy movies blew me away.  For example, when the Fellowship traveled through the mines, for me, it was as close as it gets to Tolkien's description.  Well done, Mr. Jackson.

I, too, was a bit disappointed in the first Hobbit movie, for the same reasons other posters stated in this thread.  Of course, that won't stop me from seeing the others.

I totally agree. I remember going to the first movie and coming out thinking...I wonder if my kids will ever get to experience anything of this magnitude. I eagerly looked forward to each following release and was never disappointed. I bought them on DVD, and then Extended DVD. Good stuff!

 

[alfredo_buscatti]

If Bilbo and gang don't get away with robbing Smaug, they won't become rich. If Frodo fails to destroy the Ring, Sauron will despoil all of Middle Earth. Somewhere between writing "The Hobbit" and the LOTR, Tolkien devised a plot about ultimates.

It's been so long since I read the LOTR that I don't remember if Gollum was absolutely necessary to the Ring's destruction as in the movie, Gollum bites off Frodo's finger to get the ring; and dancing about the precipice with a kind of demonic exultation, slips and falls into the innards of Mt. Doom. Without Gollum it didn't seem likely that Frodo would have been able to give it up. I always like to think of this, of evil doing good.

 

[RDPipes]

Really enjoyed LOTR trilogy and now I'm looking forward to the second installment of The Hobbit. I personally don't care about how true they are to the books, IMO the books can never be upscaled by a movie, but the movies are fabulous to see on the big screen. It's all fabulous entertainment to this old Codger. :cheers: :cheers: 

+1 and this old guy.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Well I just got back from seeing The Desolation of Smaug. $5 admission on Tuesdays    I won't throw out any spoilers but I will say that I thought it was better than An Unexpected Journey. There were a couple of things that were definitely in conflict with the story line going back to the LOTR movies, which bothered me a little, but in general it was a very good movie.

 

[Rob_In_MO]

I won't throw out any spoilers but I will say that I thought it was better than An Unexpected Journey.

Agreed, PD. While not quite inline with the book, it was still an excellent watch.