But even then it quickly degenerates into yet another extended runaround, full of noise and fury but little substance. It's only towards the end, when the crew finally confronts Smaug that things finally look to be getting back on track in terms of telling an actual story. And, once again, it spares little-to-no time to fleshing out its characters along the way – despite having now spent over six hours in their company, we still couldn't tell you how many dwarves are in Bilbo's party and who most of them are. This second instalment in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy highlights the real flaws in the filmmaker's plan to spread the plot of what is a fairly slight book across three films.Ĭlocking it at 161 minutes …The Desolation of Smaug eschews traditional storytelling in favour of simply careening from one ridiculously bloated action set-piece to another. Jackson's epic adaptation continues to walk a long and winding road to the Lonely Mountain
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