Will Peter Jackson be able to reach and exceed his latest trilogy and An Unexpected Journey?
After watching the first movie of Hobbit trilogy, An Unexpected Journey, I felt kind of baffled. The quality of the movie was quite inconsistent, with some iconic moments from the book amazingly portrayed (riddles in the dark) but some, mostly not from the book/added to prolong the film (Radagast), didn't satisfy my expectations. Do not get me wrong, compared to most fantasy works of today, the movie was excellent, but the split to three movies and forced epicness really begs the comparison between it and Lord of The Rings, based upon much more material, and it fails at it.
I went to The Desolation of Smaug expecting the same as the first movie, and ultimately, that is what I got. The movie has some excellent scenes in it, but also parts, which felt just weird and out of place. Mostly these, which were added by Jackson, like Tauriel, who alone was fine (and beautiful), but trying to make an interracial love story with her and Kili feels quite strange. However, the Gandalf storyline was good and the faceoff with "the Necromancer" quite atmospheric and horrifying.
But ultimately the biggest and best thing of the film is Smaug. He is extremely well done graphics wise, voice wise (Cumberbatch's voice is just so made for bad guys), character wise, it's just great. He is probably the best dragon in the history of cinema - he is cunning and menacing, but also enormous and dominating. The encounter between him and Bilbo (the small, stealthy hobbit talking to huge, fire-breathing dragon) is really one of the scenes I remembered the most from the book itself and it will ultimately be one of the scenes I remember the most from the film trilogy as well.
But if there is one thing I am most furious about the Hobbit films is the way they're trying to forcibly make jokes or make hilarious situations just for the sake of being hilarious. I mean, best way to approach this is to make a few jokes, and make them good. Not to make the movie sometimes look it's made for 12 year old kids. Fortunately it's not so bad like Rozghobel rabbits in the first movie, and some jokes are even good (Gimli one) but there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Actors were very good, leading with Martin Freeman as Bilbo (who is really the best man who could play the role). I felt Orlando Bloom as Legolas seems more serious and less lifelike than Legolas sixty years older, but actors do age and there is nothing we can do about it.
CGI in this film is done outstandigly, Weta Digital has outdone itself yet again and in certain scenes is the graphics already indistinguishable from reality. Smaug, the spiders, orcs, everything just looks very photo-realistic and the only thing preventing from believing, that they are real is the simple fact, that they are not.
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But if there is one thing I am most furious about the Hobbit films is the way they're trying to forcibly make jokes or make hilarious situations just for the sake of being hilarious. I mean, best way to approach this is to make a few jokes, and make them good. Not to make the movie sometimes look it's made for 12 year old kids. Fortunately it's not so bad like Rozghobel rabbits in the first movie, and some jokes are even good (Gimli one) but there is still a lot of room for improvement.Actors were very good, leading with Martin Freeman as Bilbo (who is really the best man who could play the role). I felt Orlando Bloom as Legolas seems more serious and less lifelike than Legolas sixty years older, but actors do age and there is nothing we can do about it.CGI in this film is done outstandigly, Weta Digital has outdone itself yet again and in certain scenes is the graphics already indistinguishable from reality. Smaug, the spiders, orcs, everything just looks very photo-realistic and the only thing preventing from believing, that they are real is the simple fact, that they are not.
Verdict: 8/10
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is in many ways like the first movie. It is well made, and I'll probably buy a copy just for the fact, that I love Middle-Earth and its stories, but i feel that the film lacks consistency and tries to please all ages, which is not always a best path and in some situations ruins the atmosphere of the film. The main thing that I'll remember from it is the dragon, who was expected to be main attraction in the movie and did not disappoint in any way. I am giving it a very solid eight and I am looking forward to the last installment of the trilogy.
And of course, feel free to tell me your opinion about this review or movie in comments down below.
And of course, feel free to tell me your opinion about this review or movie in comments down below.
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