The desolation of Tolkien

Rating: 3/10 (15 January 2014)

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' certainly had its flaws, but ultimately I felt that the good outweighed the bad. With 'Desolation of Smaug', the decision by Peter Jackson to expand the story not only ruins this film, but it undermines the drama of the 'Lord of the Rings' saga that follows.
Bloated, clunky and filled with inconsequential action, 'Smaug' is a lumbering mess of a film. Every single addition serves only to bog the story down.
Ironcally, one of the themes of 'Smaug' is greed, and greed is exactly what ruins this film.