Rivals "The Lord of the Rings"

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2013)

I was very excited for "The Hobbit" movies, but when I saw the first one, I was a bit disappointed. It took forever until it got to the good scenes and I felt that it dragged on quite a bit at times. But "The Desolation of Smaug" was completely different than "An Unexpected Journey", and better in every way; from the first scene I knew it would be a much better film. I won't give away any particular movie details, but the action scenes were top notch, especially the barrel scene. Also, Smaug was EPIC. He was the best movie dragon I've ever seen, just amazing in every way. I think any fan of Tolkien's will love this movie.