Smaug like stupendous entertainment

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2013)

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug as a whole is a great film with a lot of great fighting and emotional sequences through out the film. Peter Jackson may have slipped away from the original story Tolkien had written but he has done so with great effect. I absolutely loved An Unexpected Journey so am still indecisive which of the two films is best. Spoilers AHEAD My favourite scenes would obviously have to be Bilbos encounter with smaug as every time smaug spoke or appeared on screen a genuine fear was driven into me and the voice of benedict cumberbatch is outstanding. Another great scene is the barrel scene, although in the book it is just the company of dwarfs and bilbo slowly flowing down stream, Jacksons telling of it is fast paced, filled with elves and orcs each trying to capture the company. The one character i was disappointed in was Azog, as he does not feature that much as in An Unexpected Journey in which he was a major and exciting character, Instead we see his son 'Bolg' who is not as threatening or entertaining as his father. Also there is a unwanting love triangle in the midst of all the action which is not mentioned in the book or really that interesting during the film. It is between Kili, Taruiel and Legolas in which i felt was unneeded.
Overall The movie lived up to expectation and would recommend all to go now and see it, even if youv already seen it as iv already seen it twice and plan on seeing it again tonight. 9/10