Better Creature Designs, more Epic, had Heart, Loved it!

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2013)

I've only seen it in 24 fps so far. I'm never a big fan of 3-D movies, but I wouldn't mind seeing 2D 48 fps.
The orcs and goblins were much much much better in design than in LOTR. They were less gross and more monstrous in a very good way. They looked more like orcs and goblins.
The Wargs actually looked like Wargs instead of giant Hyenas. Thank you! Before this movie, I just never liked dwarfs... something about them I can't put a finger on. Well, Peter Jackson works magic and now I love many if not all of the dwarf characters in the movie. Really well done main and supporting characters.
Glimpses of Smaug were very well done indeed. The whole fire scene was to me the most exciting and terrifying dragon scene in a movie, hands down.
The thing that tied it all together was the incredible amount of heart the movie had. I was moved many times throughout with small statements that had large impacts.
Great movie, will see it again!