Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

I love Peter Jackson movies especially the Lord of The Rings saga. There are many things I really don't like though about The Hobbit prequels. One such reason is that prequels means plural as in there are 3 freaking movies from one book! If The Lord of The Rings can stick to being each book as one movie then why the hell couldn't The Hobbit just have been one movie as well? The big issue with the thought of splitting an easily one movie adaptation into three parts is for financial gain. He doesn't care about the quality of the movies he cares about the quantity. Leaving you guessing what next is what makes you pay to see the next film. He counts on that. Now don't get me wrong this one is probably my favorite of the saga, but the first one was pretty Plain Jane if you ask me.

Another Reason why The Hobbit is that since there are three movies and the book doesn't contain enough to actually be worthy of three movies it adds a lot of filler. Now don't get me wrong filler can be good, but sometimes in can be silly and unnecessary. We want to see action at least. Some filler is boring dialogue scenes that aren't very interesting and in fact are kind of yawn inducing at points.

One bone I have to pick with this addition in the saga is that I need more Gollum. Gollum is the coolest character of the saga and he is freaking hilarious. I am sure that has a lot to do with Andy Serkis being a total amazing badass. He is the heart of these movies!

Benedict Cumberbatch is truly an amazing actor even as little as his voice can cause chills down your spine. Smaug is one of the coolest dragons that has been on the big screen. He is highly intelligent and very intriguing to watch in action. If I had to die by a dragon I would definitely choose Smaug!

Bilbo Baggins I think is much more interesting to watch than Frodo was. The main reason why is simply that Martin Freeman is a much better actor than Elijah Wood. Also Bilbo was the first Hobbit to go on adventure which makes him a bit more interesting as he is discovering the world for the first time out of any Hobbit. Frodo pretty much plays follow the leader like his father did.

The additions of Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, and Lee Pace were smart choices. They are all good actors and are absolutely wonderful in this. Lee and Evangeline definitely pull of the looks of elves. The characters themselves are intriguing and probably have more to them than what we see in this segment.

I loved that Orlando Bloom and Cate Blanchett showed up on this. It was good to see more ties with the old films. Also who doesn't like Legolas. It was nice to see how Legolas used to be before Lord of the Rings. It was true to the book in my opinion. Also he was a complete badass for sure.

Gandalf didn't do much for me in this one to be blunt. I just didn't care for him this time around. He had very few interesting scenes. To be honest Gandalf isn't really one of my favorite characters. Yeah he has some cool scenes sometimes, but he doesn't spark that much for me. Although I think Ian McKellen plays the part perfectly. Maybe it's just the way the character is for me.

Anyways I truly loved this segment in the Rings saga. It was quite enjoyable and much more entertaining than the previous film. The cliffhanger leaves hope that the last of the trilogy should rock this world. Let's cross our fingers. Also Stephen Colbert makes a cameo.