The Desolation of Jackson

Rating: 3/10 (29 July 2014)

Halfway through this movie I began to wonder if someday someone would make a film about Tolkien's book The Hobbit. This movie isn't it. I felt addled by the action sequences and was left wondering why Jackson would create them out of thin air and then leave out genuine scenes from the book. Was the original story not good enough? And why does he have to demonstrate over and over that SAURON IS COMING! THE DARKNESS IS LOOMING! Please, we already know that this story precedes the Lord of the Rings (a great movie trilogy, by the way--you should see it). Like the first installment, this movie is geared toward fans of violent sports and video games. It's not Tolkien's light-hearted, imaginative, intelligent Hobbit. Someday...