The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Poster

Oh my God, more Lord of The Rings nostalgia!!!! Well it's not really nostalgia because it was only a decade ago. Anyway, This was my first time experiencing what everyone experienced when the Lord of The Rings movies came out a year apart from one another. I hadn't seen a movie in this day and age that ends on a cliffhanger which completely made me want to see the next movie. Let's get to it now.

Here's a larger poster for no good reason

I went to Desolation of Smaug not having seen Unexpected Journey (I'll try to see it someday) and not having read the book. Although I had heard of the comparisons to Lord of The Rings in how it was just a cash grab. But let me set my rule here, I will support a cash grab movie as long as its good. Cash grab or not, the movie starts where presumably the first one left off. Dwarfs led by their current king Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) are starting to fully trust Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) while Gandalf (Ian McKellen) is off finding the evil shadow that lurks within Middle Earth. In this search for the lonely mountain where Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives and the Arkenstone is hidden will the Dwarfs Thorin and the wise one Balin (Ken Scott) and Bilbo finally get to the mountain alive?

Stephen Fry was the Master of Laketown? WHAT?

Now, I particularly enjoyed this movie. Everlasting hatred of cash grabs isn't my thing (I like Transformers for God's sake). For the most part I say what I feel on this blog and not what critics say to look smart. Good movies aren't necessarily great and awesome movies, hence why this was a good action adventure movie which took us back to Middle Earth. However it did feel a little filleted up so it can't get a full 10 from me. I also haven't read the book so this is solely based on watching the movie. Peter Jackson (The Lord of The rings Trilogy) knocks it out of the park again with a movie which is nowhere near the original trilogy but still a good film. The actors mostly seem into it, except maybe Legolas (Orlando Bloom) who seemed a little "I'm here for my paycheck thank you". Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

Can't wait to review this one