Release date: December 13, 2013
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Based on the book: "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien
About:
Bilbo Baggins goes off on a adventure to help Thorin and Company to regain their home, The Lonely Mountains, that was taken from them my the dragon, Smaug. Peter Jackson split this book into three parts:
The Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation Of Smaug (2013), and There And Back Again (2014).
Review:
Let me just point out that this movie was amazing and so much better than the first one. Its hard for movies to 100% impress me. I don't walk away fully satisfied and sometimes I walk away thinking that it was a waste of money. Seeing this movie for the first time I was watching it from a Christian perspective which I really don't do. For those of you that don't know, J. R. R. Tolkien was a Christian if don't believe me look him up on Wikipedia or something. Anyway, its was basically the battle between good and evil. The most powerful scene was when Gandalf and The Necromancer/ Sauron were fighting each other and it reminded me of how our spirit is constantly battling for us to do the right, godly thing or the wrong, wicked thing. The main thing I was looking forward to is seeing the dragon which was voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. I'm really happy that Peter Jackson didn't allow Smaug to speak a different language because I certainly did not want to sit there and read subtitles for the whole time they showed him. But, in the end it struck what Smaug said at the end of the movie especially when he said, "I am death", which reminded me that the devil is exactly.
"Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world"
1 Peter 5: 8-9
For all those who haven't seen it yet, I strongly encourage you to see it while it still theaters and for those of you that want to wait for it to come out on DVD/Blueray don't!
