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What did everyone here think of the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug?

Originally posted by C-3POTheClever
What did everyone here think of the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? Solid film but I expected a little more. The scenes also kind of dragged on. Loved Sauron and Smaug scenes.

Not as dark and gritty as LotR, but a big improvement from unexpected journey

Originally posted by Firefly218
Not as dark and gritty as LotR, but a big improvement from unexpected journey
It can't be expected to be as dark & gritty as LOTR, because it is based in a children's book.

For "being based on a children's book" it was oddly epic and serious. Not that it pulled off those two features particularly well.

It wasn't that great.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
For "being based on a children's book" it was oddly epic and serious. Not that it pulled off those two features particularly well.

It wasn't that great.
Would you say it was a "Bad" dilm, or just nothing outstanding?

It was a bad LOTR film, had some pointless filler sequences, and did not evoke the emotional heartstrings that the trilogy or even Hobbit Part 1 did. It's the only film in the mythos were people in the theatre were complaining about it before they got out of their seats, and as I've said before, when the original trilogy aired, it got standing ovations in the cinema. That's unheard of anymore in entertainment. People give standing ovations arbitrarily at speeches and kids' dance recitals, but you'd better have an epic on your hand to get their lazy asses out of those seats after a film.

Tauriel and Legolas were awesome. Everyone else was okay. Bard has potential. Beorn was wasted. Where is Chris Lee?

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
That's unheard of anymore in entertainment. When I saw Frozen the other day, it got a standing ovation.

Kids don't count.

Originally posted by NemeBro
When I saw Frozen the other day, it got a standing ovation.

Lol, queer.

Originally posted by C-3POTheClever
Would you say it was a "Bad" dilm, or just nothing outstanding? As I was leaving the theater I heard someone behind say "Well that movie sucked". I couldn't bring myself to disagree with him.

Good film. Sub-par LotR film. Bad adaptation. And I don't mean "bad adaptation" as in, "they changed things wah wah." I mean just generally a bad adaptation. Except for the scene with Bilbo and Smaug, that was great. As Jay and Mike said, Jackson probably really wanted to do that scene, so he did it perfectly. The rest of the movie just came with the package deal.

Cant wait to see it with the wife!!!

Originally posted by NemeBro
When I saw Frozen the other day, it got a standing ovation. I bet you were one of the nerds clapping.

Originally posted by quanchi112
I bet you were one of the nerds clapping.

After all 'negative' comments, i still think it is my favourite film and i love it!

Queeq's point on the orcs of Azog's ilk is very good and I missed it; Saruman's Uruk-hai breeding was supposed to be a milestone achievement, and this movie kind of ignores it.

But Jackson's ability to properly channel Tolkien is at times very weak. His handling of the breaking of Saruman is a flanderization I will never forgive him for; in the books, that was one of my favorite parts, and he utterly ruined it.

I liked it better than the 1st Hobbit, but still I think it could have been better.