Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) by Craig F — 04 May 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch is a dragon?! NEED I SAY MORE?!!

This review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) was written by Craig F on 04 May 2015.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Jimmy J (163) on 23 Jun 2018

Better than the first one...people like me who like everything about LOTR..will like it…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Aidan M (224) on 26 Sep 2017

A must-see! Up there with the second LOTR - fabulous…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Lilian L (172) on 18 Feb 2018

2018-2-19 It was better than I thought. Made me looking forward to the next episode. Or, the rest of the episodes ;P…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Christopher H (1,747) on 16 Feb 2018

While it isn't a masterpiece, Desolation Of Smaug manages to add something special to The Hobbit trilogy, whereas it could've just been a filler…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Mohammed J (22) on 05 Sep 2017

These movies are good, they just suffer from bad pacing. Besides that, this movie is awesome…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Matt C (2,668) on 23 Oct 2017

What in God's name was I thinking embarking on the 'Unexpected Journey' of watching these Hobbit films…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Chuggy M (17) on 17 Dec 2017

This one is a bit better than the 1st one. Good movie. Don't watch part 3…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Jake B (500) on 28 Jan 2018

Jackson has been much-maligned for several (unjustified, in my opinion) reasons after turning The Hobbit into a trilogy (instead of the original…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Jack W (1,198) on 26 Sep 2017

A must-see! Up there with the second LOTR - fabulous…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Ramsey E (66) on 19 Dec 2017

A perfectly entertaining continuation of the previous film whose only drawback is the filmmaker's unwillingness or inability to contain the…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Nancy Drew (2007)

By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 14 Jun 2007

Fleming's Nancy Drew isn't just bad, it's fascinatingly bad…

Read Review

Review of The Wages of Fear (1953)

By Darren J (342) on 11 May 2014

Overrated. Implausible. I saw the full version in a theater. I wanted to like it…

Read Review

Review of Almost Heroes (1998)

By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

Chris Farley's last film is also his worst…

Read Review

Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

By Kathrine (1) on 17 Jun 2007

I'm a teenage girl, and I know most girls LOVE Pirates Of The Caribbean. Yet, I did not like this movie at all…

Read Review

Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

By Mikef. (18) on 24 Jul 2006

Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. I mean this…

Read Review

Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

By Jackb. (38) on 29 Mar 2008

A shocking and unnecessary remake. What a complete and utter piece of tripe. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp should be ashamed of themselves…

Read Review

Review of Dragonball Evolution (2009)

By Tomg (12) on 13 Apr 2009

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. If you like the cartoon, the comic or things that are good, stay away…

Read Review

Review of Donnie Darko (2001)

By Mrrickstur (5) on 23 Jan 2018

When you have a main character time traveling across parallel universes, and the film has a dead-serious mood, I just can't help but laugh…

Read Review

Review of Star Wars (1977)

By Michaelh. (30) on 12 Aug 2008

Only a cult nerd would enjoy this poorly composed film, George Lucas, please don't make any more movies…

Read Review

Review of The Fifth Element (1997)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 18 Jun 2021

This is a very epic sci-fi film that honestly is a bit too much…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews