The second installment of Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" trilogy has hit theaters and it's something of a mixed bag. It has become apparent just how Jackson intends to extend the story from a relatively short adventure tale to a three film epic. The second movie introduces even more offshoot plot threads than the first entry which sometime add to the overall story but are often just a distraction. It's still very well made and moves at a much more brisk pace than its predecessor. Smaug himself is brought to life with tremendous visual effects and voice work and his one-on-one scene with Bilbo is the highlight of the film. Unlike the previous film, "The Desolation of Smaug" has a very unsatisfying cliff-hanger conclusion to go along with its typical case of middle-chapteritis. There's a lot to like here, but one can't help but wonder if the originally planned two-part story would have been better.
Bryce **1/2
Chase ***
Landon ***
Logan **1/2
BANGERANG SCORE: **1/2
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