We're Going On An Adventure

  This time last week I was sitting in the cinema with my family watching the second installment of Peter Jackson's take of the classic The Hobbit. As the lights dimmed some brilliant man shouted out "We're going on an adventure" at the top of his voice, which was greeted with laughter all around. Weary as I was from a long shift at work, I was determined to enjoy the movie as I had been looking forward to it's release for months already. I mean, anybody who knows me would tell you I am a die hard Tolkien fan, and seeing as Lord of the Rings was so amazing I had high expectations for this trilogy.

  Sadly, it did fail to meet my expectations. Yes it was action packed and yes it was very very true to the storyline, but Jackson has in his greediness sacrificed quality for profits. By dragging out the storyline of a rather slim book into 3 epic length movies, each movie is therefore rather slow paced, with the storyline not progressing very far with each movie. Furthermore, the depiction of Smaug the Terrible was a huge let down, he looked more like a salamander than a terrifying fire-breathing dragon. 

  While I'm at it, is it just me or does the whole movie actually look more fake than LOTR? Because I couldn't help noticing that the horse Legolas was riding in The Desolation of Smaug was so blatantly digitalised whereas they actually used real horses in LOTR.

Effort

  Ok people, don't judge me but i'm working 11-8 shifts every day at the moment while I'm home, hold tight for updates in the next couple of days though ;)