The Desolation of Smog?

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2013)

"Bilbo, I am your father . . . " No, Darth Dragon never actually says that in THE HOBBIT (2): DESOLATION OF SMAUG, because this flick is not about STAR WARS at all. Obviously, it's intended as an allegory for global warming. The dead giveaway here is that most of the key people involved with THE HOBBIT are foreigners. Englishman J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the novel, Kiwi Peter Jackson directed this movie, and Brit Ian McKellan plays Gandalf the Grey. I could go on, but you get the idea. Since the U.N.'Ers from other countries spend most of their time harping on global warming, it's clear "THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG" is meant to be read as "the desolation of smog," and that this cute talking dragon really represents the carbon dioxide and methane doom-sayers cry will kill us all. Smog's pile of gold stands in for the world economy, 87% of which is derived from past and present fossil fuel consumption. Even when the giant golden idol is melted at the end of this HOBBIT film (symbolizing the confiscation of all billionaires' dough to fix Planet Earth), Smaug\Smog flies on, Unfazed. To echo Bilbo's last line closing this allegory, "Oh no, what have we done?"