The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Baggin continued his journey with 13 dwarves passing Jupiter Fairy Kingdom, through Beorn’s forests, Dirty Forest, the pitfalls, the Dale town, and finally the gate of Erebor, fought the authority of dragon Smaug, regained their kingdom with the help of magician Gandalf.
1937, Swansea, Wales, UK
1 December 1976, Auckland, New Zealand
15 April 1968, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand
20 March 1968, Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand
8 September 1971, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
20 August 1943, Dunoon, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
13 January 1977, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
19 June 1983, Ireland
28 March 1958, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 August 1979, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
June 21, 2016
Yes, this is evolution in the right direction, but now it's time to take that energy and give us a final chapter that will move and inspire as well as dazzle.
December 13, 2013
Be forewarned: Whether through ego, avarice, or unchecked enthusiasm, Jackson has wandered deep into the realm of fan fiction.
December 13, 2013
I'm not an aficionado of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderworlds and I was bored with the first Hobbit movie. All this is by way of saying I quite liked its sequel and the second in the trilogy.
May 23, 2016
If you are content to spend as much time in Middle Earth as possible, you'll have plenty of fun with this year's installment. But if you're a stickler for literary accuracy and pacing, the offering may prove only slightly less frustrating.
February 28, 2017
If the finale is exhausting, for the most part the first half of The Desolation of Smaug is invigorating and frequently exhilarating.
December 30, 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 of the leading characters do it no favors.
December 13, 2013
With the introductions and bag-packing out of the way from the first film, the new movie jumps straight into the action and doesn't relent until the cliffhanger ending almost three hours later.
July 14, 2016
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug manages to zip nicely along. Yes, it's 2 hours and 40 minutes. But it doesn't really feel like it.
May 23, 2016
Middle-earth should never feel this middling.
December 13, 2013
Desolation of Smaug looks as dreary as the title would lead you to believe. The whole thing lingers in the memory as piles of sludge and ash.
May 23, 2016
The most fun part of the film comes as the dwarves flee the elven holding block in oak kegs and shoot down whitewater rapids through a gauntlet of orcs.
December 13, 2013
For the casual but compelled moviegoer, The Desolation of Smaug is a fine improvement over the first offering. Tolkien aficionados may feel otherwise.
