Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a thrilling joy-ride of a movie. It’s been a long time since I’ve read J.R. Tolkien’s book. Many are complaining that this movie deviates from that source material too much and that there is a lot of embellishment and added story. I don’t remember too much about the original book: maybe that’s a good thing. I really was thoroughly entertained by this blockbuster.
In this film, we continue from where the first installment left off. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is traveling with a band of dwarves to their homeland Erebor, to reclaim it from the clutches of the evil dragon Smaug. They are accompanied at various points by Gandalf (Ian McKellen). Bilbo is now in possession of a mysterious golden ring.
This is pure entertainment at its finest. You just have to sit back and enjoy the ride. The visual effects are truly stunning and the characters are interesting and well-drawn. Even if this is a far-cry from the novel it’s based on, it is still a fine movie and the most fun you will have at a theater in a long time.
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