Over Christmas I saw the second movie of the Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug. The movie detailed the Bilbo and the Dwarves' journey through the Mirkwood Forest to the Lonely Mountain, ending with their confrontation with Smaug the Dragon inside the mountain itself. As a fan of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy I was thrilled to hear that a Hobbit film was being produced but was skeptical when I heard it was being made into three films. The Hobbit isn't a thick book so I was concerned that the movies would suffer from stretching the story out across nearly 9 hour.s Fortunately, this really didn't dampen my enthusiasm. In preparation even I re-read the Hobbit recently in order to familiarize myself with the parts that I may have forgotten. I enjoyed The Hobbit: An Expected Journey, but does the sequel bring more to the table and can it live up to the legacy of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? The Desolation of Smaug as the title suggests, is a more serious film than its ...
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