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By Bruce Diones (105) for New Yorker (1,403) on 30 Dec 2013

The tale has no emotional resonance, and the thinness of the plot (only five of the book's chapters are adapted here) and the colorless depictions…

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By Ed Gibbs (248) for The Sunday Age (488) on 29 Dec 2013

A huge improvement on its predecessor. Jackson and his collaborators have opted to broaden and modernise the franchise's appeal…

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By Busbfran (69) on 28 Dec 2013

I must admit I am a massive lord of the rings fan but the hobbit is a no no…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 28 Dec 2013

[Jackson] deftly nagivates a path between the dark perils of JRR Tolkien's fantasy world and the necessary jokey lighter moments…

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

By Brian Gibson (578) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (50) on 27 Dec 2013

A trilogy sinks under the middle-weight of its sheer desolation, becoming baggy, boggy, saggy and smaugy…

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

By David_H (2,838) on 27 Dec 2013

After doing such a nice job with LOTR, its such a sad situation and such a blatant money grab and complete disregard for J.R.R…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 24 Dec 2013

Ripping, adventure-packed follow-up to the mega-disappointment of last year's yawnfest....and spare a cheery thought for the spirit of author…

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

By Puppetmaninbc (1) on 23 Dec 2013

The movie deviates so far from the book as to make it not really an adaptation…

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

By Ganoncrotch (7) on 23 Dec 2013

You must turn off your brain for massive portions of this film if it is to be enjoyed as it is intended…

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

By Conorhat (4) on 23 Dec 2013

There's so many things wrong with this movie. It's incredibly bad. I hated the first movie. I hate this one more…

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

By Staticspine (126) on 22 Dec 2013

Another breathtaking part of an Epic adventure. Three hours of pure epicness…

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

By Tom Glasson (221) for Concrete Playground (635) on 22 Dec 2013

Enough action to entertain and enough Tolkien to satisfy…

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

By Gamer4Life1985 (5) on 21 Dec 2013

Such a damn good movie; unbelievable I definitely recommend it. Nonstop in action, brilliant storytelling, etc…

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

By V3Nt (1) on 20 Dec 2013

I got fed up of Hobbits staring open mouthed, feeling faint & ogling over rings in the first trilogy I was looking forward Jackson pulling…

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

By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 20 Dec 2013

Without meaning to disrespect the die-hard Tolkien fan who views this as overproduced heresy, those looking for a fab romp need look no further…

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

By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 20 Dec 2013

Better than the first film, but it is still too long in a series of films that ought to have been fewer and shorter…

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

By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 20 Dec 2013

Technical excellence and emotional resonance…

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

By Bob Grimm (315) for Reno News and Review (201) on 20 Dec 2013

I hate this bloated, spastic movie on so many levels…

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

By Zardoz_Tx (1) on 20 Dec 2013

This may contain Spoilers if you have read the book! May not be the worst film ever but comes close…

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

By Firstblood2 (1) on 19 Dec 2013

Many people judge this movie for being to long and for adding in some extra scenes but to me that is a positive, cause now people who have…

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