Way too long

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 2013)

I don't mean to sound like somebody who complains just for the sake of complaining but why the heck was it so slow?! You can tell they are stretching it in order to create a trilogy out of the book and milk the profit. Good movie, don't get me wrong but way too stretched as far as I am concerned. I saw it in IMAX today and in all honesty if it was 60min shorter it would have been perfect. Special effects were absolutely superb, days of being able to tell what is CGI and what is not are long gone by the looks of it. It surely was a thrilling ride and I would have enjoyed it so much more if it was not for the periods of time when it was just dragging on and on and on. The good news was that dwarfs skipped the song and 30 min. plate washing scene so I suppose it was an improvement from the first one. The best part? Evangeline Lilly dressed like and Elf :-)