06-04-2015, 02:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2015, 02:51 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
The Hobbit movies aren't really Peter Jackson's fault. He wrote and directed TWO movies, but then Warner and\or New Line got greedy, and decided they wanted another trilogy of scope similar to the first. They pretty much forced PJ to add in an entire movie's worth of padding. So we get things like a totally needless elf\dwarf love triangle, an in-depth examination of the socioeconomic stratification of Lake Town, and half an hour of Legolas doing nothing but shooting Orcs.
I agree, though, the forced action sequence and cliffhanger (added in later) at the end of "Desolation" was incredibly dumb in all sorts of ways. Besides the lack of clear logic on Smaug's part, I'd expect a dwarf to know better than to use a fire attack on a fire elemental. Yeesh!
I agree, though, the forced action sequence and cliffhanger (added in later) at the end of "Desolation" was incredibly dumb in all sorts of ways. Besides the lack of clear logic on Smaug's part, I'd expect a dwarf to know better than to use a fire attack on a fire elemental. Yeesh!