Not so good

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2013)

By far the worst , until now of the series. Bad script, bad acting, bad cgi,.... 13 dwarfs and a hobbit are on a journey, enter the elven forest and not for long they are discovered by the elves....but an whole army of cgi orcs are not, they can advance,surprising elf sentries!!!!! Bilbo is back as the fifth(fourteenth) wheel. As ever disliked by Thorin. Where is the friendship gone that was there at the end of the first Hobbit journey. The orc mercenary Bolg walks around as if he just crapped his pants.(Way to cgi)It's all just to visible. Makes the film look cheap. Like the barrel ride downstream. Legolas was older here then in the LOTR films .Serious!!! The dragon was to easily fooled by fellowship of the midgets(It is after all a children's book)Is this the reason why we get a dumb dragon? Morgul tips(blade for Frodo, arrow for Kili) have jet to become as lethal as in the first LOTR film. I was amazed by the sheer number of orcs killed by elves,dwarfs and a hobbit.I was afraid there weren't going to be enough left for the announced war. Was it all bad. No, the ring making you Dr Dolitlle was fun. The bear creature was fun in an awkward way. The becoming of the lidless eye was kind of great. The dragon was fantastic even portrayed stupid. The dialog between Smaug and Bilbo was great. Ian the Grey was good as ever and managed to carry the overlong scene at Dol Guldur. The be-headings were a funny addition, however useless they seemed.