katikat | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The movie was so, so cool! And my favorite bit, as you've probably guessed based on the picture I used, was Legolas, closely followed by Bilbo and Smaug!

Oh my, Legolas was so, so, so cool! And beautiful! And he had more individual scenes here than in the previous LotR movies, and that was awesome for me as his fan! I loved his fight scenes best! But he was generally perfect! When he slid over the ground and killed the spider. When he saw the picture of Gimli - hilarious scene! Legolas and Thranduil! Legolas and Bolg! Legolas was so pissed when Bold drew blood. Was it the first time anyone ever drew Legolas' blood, in a movie, I mean? I bet that him chasing after Bolg will have consequences in the next movie. I bet Thranduil will be pissed when he finds out that not only did Legolas and Tauriel go against his orders but Tauriel abandoned Legolas to save a dwarf! It wouldn't surprise me if Legolas got caught by the orcs, he wasn't exactly thinking right when he started chasing him.

And Bilbo - Martin Freeman was amazing, so, so amazing in this part - and Smaug who looked absolutely perfect! I didn't think they would be able to make such an incredibly cool looking CGI dragon but they did and it was awesome. And Benedict Cumberbatch's voice... *_* Oh, man...

Other things I loved were Kili and Fili. I just adore their bond. Though Thorin remains a jerk. And Bard the Bowman was quite cool, too. And the scariest bit of all? The spiders! Sheesh on a pogo stick, they were creepy!

I would give it 8/10. I want to take my mom to see it over Xmas. I really want to see it again, especially Legolas. Have I mentioned how utterly perfect he was?