Disgrace to the books and original movies.

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2014)

They completely changed the story from the books and original movies which ruined Smaug's introduction. True readers and lovers of the books will be more than disappointed when Smaug has his entrance. The scene didn't just veer from the story like most movies do, the plot entirely was changed and not for the better. It slightly changed the whole premise of the movie. Thorin and the dwarfs should have NEVER entered the cave and the attempt with the gold made no sense. Not to mention they completely slaughtered Smaug's speech by breaking it up and destroying the power that should have been portrayed. Also, Smaug was not to even see Bilbo until the very end of the speech, instead Bilbo's location was known the whole time defeating the purpose of the ring aspect and Smaug never smelling hobbit before. It's absolutely ridiculous how "creative writing" is used so loosely and can ultimately ruin a movie that had such great potential.