61- #DLMChallenge “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”

For #61 of the #DLMChallen ge #365moviesin365days on April 14th I watched: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

I really hated the first Hobbit. It was way too long- each scene could have cut a full minute or more of extraneous footage, and we really didn’t need to see every damned dwarf show up at Bilbo’s door. Then I saw this movie.

Thankfully, this film seemed like the appropriate length and also felt interesting and exciting throughout each scene.

I look forward to seeing how it all ends, but as of this writing I’m on movie #184 and if that’s any indication, I’m not too excited to see a three hour movie.

Yeah…

Main Crew:

Cinematographer:

Based on the Novel “The Hobbit” by: J.R.R. Tolkien

Screenplay by: Fran Walsh (The Frighteners, Meet the Feebles)

Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pacific Rim)

Philippa Boyens (King Kong, The Lovely Bones)

& Peter Jackson (Dead Alive, Heavenly Creatures)

Directed by: Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring)

Main Cast:

Martin Freeman (Captain America: Civil War, Fun House)

Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes, Beauty and the Beast [2017])