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Rating: 4/5
Review: "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D movie review"

This has received better reviews from the critics and it is easy to see why. This packs more action and thrills with a faster pace. The first movie of the trilogy is excused to have a slower pace as it is the beginning of a journey. The Desolation of Smaug makes up for the first by starting the story straight away and goes straight into the adventure and action.

The story: The journey continues and to be frank, I have no idea how Peter Jackson, the director, can turn a short story into three 2 and a half hour movies. This movie is clear that there isn't actually a lot of things going on. It is just extended action scenes shown after one another. However, I enjoyed the action scenes a lot. The notable action scene is the extended escape with barrels on the river. Ending this movie with a cliffhanger may prove that this trilogy is running out of steam and I hope not. I hope the third movie will be far better than the other two movies.

3D: It is good at times. Throughout the movie, the 3D effects show good depth between characters and background. However, for the action scenes, it is not very effective due to quick cuts and shaky camera.

Overall: This is like an all-out action adventure movie which drags out for 2 and a half hour. It is not necessary a bad thing but it could do better with trimming of some scenes. The cliffhanger seems to promise the third movie will be another all-out action movie. But let's hope it is something more than that.

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