I didn't bother to see it in theaters when it came out. Waited for Netflix. Well, Netflix brought it to me, I played it. So-so is the kindest word for it. The sliced up the book into three parts, to make three movies of it. This is the middle part, and there just isn't enough plot there to keep the movie moving. So we have a lot of special effects. Smaug goes on the rampage, knocks over priceless Dwarf works of art, and keeps on doing so forever. It's a long movie. I kept hoping it would end. Little dialog, little acting by flesh and blood actors, the CGI dragon gets the stage for most of the film.
Too bad. I have liked the Tolkien books for years. This flick didn't do much for Middleearth.
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This movie series really should have been made into 1 maybe 2 movies tops. The book was half the length of the 3 rings books. It was originally going to be 2 movies but Peter Jackson doesn't know how to cut scenes.
The Hobbit was Tolkien's warmup book. The only characters of much interest are Bilbo and Gandalf. Where as the Ring trilogy was Tolkien's masterwork, and abounds in interesting characters, Bilbo, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Boromir, Barliman Butterbur, Faramir, Gollum, Galadriel, Sam, Arwen, Theoden, Eomer, Eowyn, Saruman, Wormtongue, Denethor. With a wealth of story making characters to draw upon, the three Ring movies worked well. With just Bilbo and Gandalf to carry the story, a three movie Hobbit is kinda lame.
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