1 pipe out of 4
What a disappointment. Two and a half hours of
dwarfs and a hobbit running around only to not complete any type of the
journey. I have had feelings about this for a long time now but this film
finally proves it, that Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit series is simply a money
grab. He adds random characters that have no business being there, ads aspects
that virtually nullifies the first half of The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and takes forever to do it.
What seemed like an amazing idea of having Bennedict Cumberbatch be the voice
of Smaug turned out to be wasted by the horrible interaction he has with Bilbo.
The Hobbit also rehashes the issue of trust between Thorin and Bilbo that was
supposed to be solved at the end of the first Hobbit. There were a number of
cool but completely unnecessary action and chase scenes. The white orc is also
relegated to the background after dominating most of An Unexpected Journey which is aggravating because it is an obvious
attempt to drag out the storyline till the final film. Jackson also creates
tension in the group of Dwarfs and even breaks them up when none of that
happens in the book, simply to create unneeded tension and provide an opening
for his addition of a female elf and Legolas. The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey had changes from the book but
that was to be expected and they were not incredibly drastic. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug goes
in the opposite direction, basically defecating on the source material and
changing the whole essence of the book. This film is only recommended to be
watched at home so that you can multitask because sitting in a theater for a
two and a half hour movie was trying.
