Dragonses Precious!!

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2013)

What a ride!! Literally, the latest installment in extrapolated Hobbits tale was no less than a ride in an amusement park. Thrilling, entertaining and everything we loved from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Resuming their journey, Bilbo Baggins along with the dwarfs find new challenges on the path forward to the lonely mountain. Only BIlbo is a new leaf now. He is more courageous and more involved in helping his fellow trekkers in their mission. And it is one thing he acquired during his journey that helps him prove his worth as a rightful choice as a burglar.
'Desolation of Smaug' is an improvement in every way over the first Hobbits movie. The narration is better, and the story has more substance to offer - the conflicts, doubts, bursts of courage, approaching evil etc. The things I liked about the Lord of the Rings trilogy are found in this movie. There is an air of suspense before plots or new characters are revealed. A creepiness is there to haunt. And it just doesn't end there. The awesome action sequence where our friends make an escape through the river riding in empty barrels was spectacular.
And when we start to imagine if a movie can offer more thrills, we have - 'The' dragon. Smaug is the best dragon or gigantic creature in movie history. Benedict Cumberbatch's voice as the goldophillic dragon is the treat of the movie. Its scary, daunting and intimidating. The voice circling in surround sound raises goose bumps. To quote Jeremy Jahns from youtube - "That's one big Batch of Cumber".
It's just unbelievable, we'll have to wait another year to complete the story. Its amazing how the ending to this movie creates a craving towards the continuation of the story. It was almost 3 hours long, still the heart wants more. Only thing we can do now is to wait for a 20 minute extended edition on blu-ray. Smacking delicious precious!!
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