Peter Jackson’s final (?) film set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy realm of Middle-Earth is as gorgeous and spectacular a send-off as any fan could have hoped for.
Easily the weakest of Peter Jackson’s cinematic epics set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth fantasy realm, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug often feels leaden and belabored, as it lacks any of the dramatic intensity and momentum of its Lord of the Rings predecessors.