re: Official Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug Review Thread (spoilers)

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Actually, no it wouldn't. But I don't want to spoil it.

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My thoughts exactly.


Also, I thought the movie was alright. I understand how all movies go away from the book for whatever reason. The original LOTR movies under Jackson did as did the first the Hobbit movie but I felt that this movie went way, way too far off course. I know some of the scenes come from Tolkien's other works, which I am glad Jackson brings into the story, but some are just completely Jackson's imagination.

I felt like they rushed passed scenes that actually happened in the book to make room for scenes that were made up which I didn't like.

With that said, even though Legolas wasn't in the book I did like this edition of him. He was way more of a hardass which was cool. I also liked the barrel fight scene which was also a Jackson original. And yes I also loved how they portrayed Smaug, that way surpassed my expectations. Especially the first scene he had with Biblo when a lot of the dialogue came straight from the book.

eta: I liked the first one more, I know it deviated as well but I felt like it stayed more on course than the second one. Also, the second never played the main "Dwarves, Misty Mountains Cold" theme that was the main theme in the first one. I liked that theme, sucks they didn't play it.