December 20, 2013
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ABOUT MOVIES, TV, ARTS AND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Continues With A Stunning Look And Action by Arthur Byrd
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug picks up where last year’s The Hobbit left off. I saw the movie in 3-D based on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer, that I had seen with other trailers. The trailer looked magical. I was sold. First thing, I noticed was the look of the movie. I know a lot of sets and scenes in the movie are computer generated graphics. Yet, on the big screen, they look amazing. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug takes us on some wild adventures with the thirteen dwarves including, the burglar, Bilbo Baggins played by Martin Freeman (Sherlock). The mission is still the same is to reinstate dwarf Torin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to his rightful place as the king of Erebor, which lost a devastating battle in the first film. The dwarves and Bilbo are being pursued by Orcs, the big ugly creatures from the first film who almost kills them each time they meet, but never do. The pattern of the Hobbit movies is that they get into trouble and at the last moment, they figure something out or are rescued. There is no difference this time around. Yet, it is fun to see how they deal with the situations. The movie’s first adventure happens at the farm of the Beorn (Mikeal Persbrandt), the skin changer who starts off as a bear who is trying to kill the dwarves. Then, he changes back to a human form and becomes an importan ally.
“Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant...No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.” Director Peter Jackson, his latest movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is in theaters