Beorn:
Enjoyed it. Well done. BUT, if you blink your eyes, you'll miss it.
Mirkwood & Spiders:
WoW! That gave me chills. Those beasts (damn I hate those) are monsters and Bilbo saves the day, Great! Also, when Bilbo reaches the top of the forest, what a great scenery. Truly a great moment!
Barrel escape:
Really well done. In the book, it's kinda boring. All the barells are closed and sealed. No Orcs chasing around and no action. So, the change is well appreciated.
BUT, the 3D HFR make the CGI look like a Video Game. It just doesn't work for me. I'll have to wait to watch this at home on my regular 2D Sony tv to truly enjoy this.
Legolas & Tauriel:
A great addition. Having Legolas returns make sense since he's Thranduil's son and in the book, the King of Elves have a great spot in it. You can see that Legolas is more lethal than he was in LOTR (hard to imagine), but he does the job!
Tauriel, she's bad ass, great looking and remind me a lot of Zelda... so it's a winner.
UNTIL the love story happen. Falling for a Dwarf... ok... fine... but the Arwen's Glow? Seriously? Redoing LOTR Frodo's saving EXACTLY THE SAME??? SERIOUSLY????
Gandalf & Dol Guldur:
Really nice addition. In AUJ, they've included Radagast and I was telling myself WTF? But when thinking about it, in the book, Gandalf vanishes really oftently and we have no idea what he's doing. So, this makes total sense that he tries to find answer on what is happening and I cannot wait to see what will happen in TABA. White Council attack anyone? :movie:
Smaug:
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! I watched the movie in French and even in French, they've included an incredible voice with a deep frightening voice. He sounds like a true master of his kingdom. Well done!
The details, the movements... Wow! Just WOW!!!
And now... the MOST disapointing/awkward/WRONG moment of the movie...
The Dwarves wandering around in Erebor chasing/escaping Smaug:
Seriously guys... WTF??? WTH??? Why... oh WHY... as I said before, I don't remember how it was in the book (I'll re-read it again to know this for sure), but this look like a total chaos.
And then... the big giant Golden Dwarf that melt on Smaug? Ah come on!!! And all of this for what? NOTHING???
We all know that Smaug will fly away and do.... yeah well... you'll see in TABA... :movie: