MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE! It exceeded my expectations!!

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2014)

It is still a bit far from the LOTR movies but not too much . The Smaug CGI is the best I've ever seen (so far) but yet other CGI at the beginning was a bit bad for WETA to have made it. It may not be 100 percent close to the book but I think Peter Jackson managed to adapt it well to the screen. I liked Tauriel even though she is'nt in the books. Legolas' appearance was a little bit forced I think the movie could have gone well without him. Martin Freeman was practically born to play Bilbo, Ian Holm was alright but Martin Freeman IS Bilbo! Benedict Cumberbatch's voice is great for Smaug,everything about Smaug was great,It's just how you would imagine Smaug to be.I gotta say I was expecting much less,and it exceeded greatly my expectations.