The Hobbit - the desolation of Smaug

If some people complained that the first film was not enough true to the book, I can't imagine what they'll say now! The first film was impressively loyal to the book, but here it does, yes, follow the book-storyline of course, but with many many liberties.

•  they invented a female character, Tauriel, out of nowhere; she will feel a certain sympathy for Kili and run to save him when he's poisoned.
• they poisoned Kili with an Orc's arrow, just like Frodo when was stabbed by a Nazgul, and apparently you can only be cured by a pretty young she-elf and a specific weed.
• Legolas is back, helping Tauriel and fighting the Orcs, but I'll admit it's fun to watch him fight like it's a dance, standing on the dwarves' head, turning and jumping like a ballerina, and surfing on a dead orc's body like he used to do using a shield.
• there is talk about The One returning, and they go as far as naming it.

We hear a bit of Galadriel, see Radagast again, adorable with a birds' nest under his hat, and laugh at Barrel-Bombur fighting.

Stephen Fry had such a small part as the Master of Laketown, and with a disgusting makeup (meaning made to look yeuch, not badly done).

But these people know how to make a film, don't they? The lights, the colours, locations, sets, costumes, were all awesome, really perfect, and when we come to the dragon, wasn't he beautiful?? I think he has Benedict Cumberbatch's voice, but honestly couldn't tell because the voice was very altered (and rightly so), but this Smaug was visually amazing, the way he looked and the way he moved, his long neck moving zig zag like a snake (of course).

And if you enjoy a nice - well, nicely made outside but really a bastard inside - dragon, you will see much more of it in the next film because of course this too was a trilogy, and quite like the last time we had 

1. first film , introductions and a bit of voyage, with a bit of hard time to form a bond between the characters
2. separating the group, there's fighting everywhere
3. and finally three, with the BIG battle, where everyone is involved and the big bad guy is about to get defeated.

So I guess we kind of know what to expect from the third film, don't we?

Question, if you've seen it : don't you think these dwarves are good at being angry and grumpy, but when you come right down to it, seriously, what do they do? They get caught by the spiders, and are able to fight only after Bilbo frees them. Imprisoned by the Elves, again freed by Bilbo. Helped by Bard to get into the city, but as soon as they act alone and think for themselves, they are caught by the guards; when they can't open the door they just give up: what would they do without Bilbo?? Then they hide and send Bilbo in to find the stone... I mean yeah they slay a few spiders and orcs here and there, but without Bilbo and the Elves they'd be nothing more than a good-fat-meal now. They get away from the city by promising riches, and when they finally decide to unite against Smaug Thorin again delights us with his cool-tough-look and his way with words, but that's it. They conclude nothing, a bit like the usual, if you ask me :lol

Question n. 2. Since when did Thorin has such big big hands, that he looks like The Thing of the Fantastic Four ?? I never noticed that before, but here when he opens the door he has such big hands...