Wet daydream to Tolkien/ Jackson fans but...

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 2013)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug looks beautiful and sounds brilliant, but somehow at the same time it feels so empty. Movie starts to repeat itself. There is nothing new to tell. Same old orc slaughtering and digital effect rumble that we have seen from the beginning of Lord of the Rings. How long that really can satisfy you really? Dividing a short novel to three almost three hour movies starts to feel capitalizing the audience. You also may wanted to see a movie which is more loyal to a book. Now there are characters that won't even be in original story and many crucial parts of the book are diluted. Smaug has achieved very impressive way, but the chase in dwarf's dungeons is way too long to watch. I am sure that many fans of the series will be insulted to me, when I say that this movie is nothing more than mediocre fantasy adventure. 3D feels frustrating because of using so much of studio sets. HFR makes the picture looks very sharp but at the same time set design start to look too unrealistic. Details are well done on sets, nut that doesn't help that it looks just a studio framing. It might be a good thing if Guillermo Del Toro has directed this as it was originally planned. Maybe this movie is a wet daydream to many Tolkien/ Jackson fans, but I am starting to get be bored. Sorry to say that.