Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) by Nola(N)Brams R — 09 Dec 2014

This second installment of The Hobbit is greater in almost every aspect. Unfortunately that does not include CGI.

This is the second installment of the new trilogy in our beloved Middle-earth. It quite spectacular when you see the extended version, and you realize how big the franchise really is. It got so much extra material and things that really connect all the Middle-earth films together. The biggest thing with this movie is that it got much more action than in An Unexpected Journey, especially when it comes to Smaug and "The Necromancer". Some of the action sequences though, are boring. There's just nothing unique with them. But there are much more unique and epic scenes, that I can tell you! Therefor it feels much more like Lord of the Rings. The plot is very entertaining and last act of the film is superb. You really want to see the continuation. The characters in The Desolation of Smaug are very good, and combined with an awesome cast like in An unexpected Journey: do I really have high expectations of The Battle of The five Armies. But the thing with this trilogy is that the CGI is very odd. In this film are the CGI very good when it comes to Orcs and Smaug. But at the same time is there much terrible and awful CGI when it comes to natural objects. It didn't feel real at all. There's also a big mix of CGI and real recorded scenes. They aren't working well together. There are much dark scenes; witch didn't work well while using 3D-glasses. The computer-generated light that's included in some parts in the movie is also terrible.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is much better than the previous film in this new trilogy. The action is greater, better music and a lot more LotR-feeling. But the movie is a bit slow at some places, and the CGI are just terrible sometimes.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug gets an 8/10.