There is Smaug, and there he goes...
Saw The Desolation of Smaug today as a late birthday present. ...And wow.
*Absolute best part of the movie for me, to my utter surprise, was Bard the Bowman. He was brilliant. Every word, every action, every facial expression. Fantastic!!!
*Smaug was a close second for best performance. He was indeed terrible and impressive.
*Thranduil...amazing, not enough screen time though!
*I actually liked Tauriel, wasn't expecting to. Not sure how I feel about the vibes between her and you-know-who.
*THAT scene Thorin had with Kili and Fili -- oh my heart.
*Radagast! Barely there, but so pleasant to see him again. :D
*The barrels sequence was excellent.
*Howard Shore has delivered another lovely score. I may actually end up getting the soundtrack.
My only frustrations with DoS:
*It seemed any dwarf not named Thorin, Balin, or Kili really got pushed to the background. At least Bofur got to ask "Where's Bilbo?" but that doesn't totally mollify me!
*Beorn was cool but we saw so little of him!!!!! :'(
*Mirkwood went by in a flash. It seemed like the dwarves were imprisoned for barely more than a day.
*Lastly, bad, VERY BAD, PJ for ending the movie like that! I could have strangled someone when I realized that was it!!
*Absolute best part of the movie for me, to my utter surprise, was Bard the Bowman. He was brilliant. Every word, every action, every facial expression. Fantastic!!!
*Smaug was a close second for best performance. He was indeed terrible and impressive.
*Thranduil...amazing, not enough screen time though!
*I actually liked Tauriel, wasn't expecting to. Not sure how I feel about the vibes between her and you-know-who.
*THAT scene Thorin had with Kili and Fili -- oh my heart.
*Radagast! Barely there, but so pleasant to see him again. :D
*The barrels sequence was excellent.
*Howard Shore has delivered another lovely score. I may actually end up getting the soundtrack.
My only frustrations with DoS:
*It seemed any dwarf not named Thorin, Balin, or Kili really got pushed to the background. At least Bofur got to ask "Where's Bilbo?" but that doesn't totally mollify me!
*Beorn was cool but we saw so little of him!!!!! :'(
*Mirkwood went by in a flash. It seemed like the dwarves were imprisoned for barely more than a day.
*Lastly, bad, VERY BAD, PJ for ending the movie like that! I could have strangled someone when I realized that was it!!