I can't remember how many times I've tried to watch LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring. And in all those times, I never got to the middle. There was something s...l...o...w about it.
But I have seen the Two Towers. It was pretty good even though I didn't really watch the first movie. The fight scenes were all bad-ass specially the one in the battlefield (that's all I can remember but I know they were bad-ass).
I haven't seen the third one...
Then came The Hobbit movie. The first one. Now you see, I read The Hobbit book many, many years ago. That means I can't remember what's in there but it made me want to watch the movie adaptation (after a year it was released). It was okay because they just 'journeyed' through the movie. What caught me was the end, or the 'there will be a sequel' beginning.
I've seen the trailer and now I've seen the movie. Alone. Uh-huh. Today was my first time watching a movie alone. But it was worth it, and I might do it again. I sat eye-level to the screen and in the middle-of-the-row chair. It felt like I own the theater.
So, the Desolation of Smaug... Unicorns. On the scale of 1 to ten, it's 15. Take the Two Towers and multiply its bad-ass-ness to 100. It was so good. Awesome. Epic. The fight scenes, ugh. And then those sexy elves (no, I'm not a fan of Legolas but Thranduil... hands down.) and Bard (heart!) and ugly orcs and Smaug (that dragon is so full of himself). I fear for the people of Lake-town. Please December 2015 come quick.
