Disappointing...

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2014)

When I first heard P. Jackson is planning a Hobbit trilogy I was more than excited cause I'm a huge Tolkien fan. However, as the movies come out, they disappoint me more and more. 'The Desolation of Smaug' is just another proof that P. Jackson and the whole team are literally sucking the juices of the book as much as possible, adding even their own details, just to manage to make 3 movies out of a 320-pages book. Of course, no one can doubt the well-made and well-directed production. All I'm saying is this trilogy becomes more and more disappointing and does not meet the expectations as a prequel of Lord of the Rings. Now, as far as this movie goes, the plot is kind of slow and there are scenes that weren't included in the original book. On the other hand, the acting is great, of course. Oh, small detail here but i thought i should include it, the soundtrack "I see fire" by Ed Sheeran, is a good song but does not fit the whole Hobbit/Tolkien atmosphere for me.