The Desolation of Smaug is, on the whole, a vast improvement over The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Hobbit is at best two movies and the first of thisThe fabled gold that surrounds The Hobbit is quite applicable as we can see this film struggling with its pacing which stems from no other. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is more of a bad Steven Seagal clone than an adaptation of well-read literature.

Smaug is a fearsome beast, but you still laugh at the detail of Bilbo wincing at the breath emerging from the dragon's mouth. We know that what happens next is bound to be grisly and terrible. But beauty is there to be appreciated, and the hobbits, with their love of homey nature, pretty colors, and comfort.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Jeremy reviews "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"! The first Hobbit movie in HFR had looked worryingly like daytime television, but I noted that this second film looked much better and wondered if I At any rate, The Desolation of Smaug gets off to a mighty gallop. It's a cheerfully exhilarating adventure tale, a supercharged Saturday morning picture. Read the Empire Movie review of Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The. A huge improvement on the previous instalment About an hour into the raucously entertaining middle slab of the Hobbit trilogy, having already tangled with hissing arachnids, a fearsome bear-man. Read Common Sense Media's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug review, age rating, and parents guide.

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The parents' guide to what's in this movie. The story continues with its message that even the smallest and seemingly weakest can have courage when it counts. The Desolation of Smaug is the meat in the Hobbit sandwich - the middle part in Peter Jackson's gargantuan, three-film adaptation of J R R Tolkien's slender novel.

It is every bit as difficult to digest as its predecessor. With more than a dozen principal characters and a stringy plot that pulls in all sorts of. Critic Reviews for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The Desolation of Smaug is a definite improvement upon An Unexpected Journey.