Offtopic: Happy to year to all of you! :)

Before seeing that movie I already assumed that the proper subtitle for this flick would likely be

"Big, nasty Dragon learns something about Karma and gets his ass kicked". *

And that's exactly what the movie boils down to. Within the first 15 Minutes. After that it's more or less like what the Lord of the Rings was about 80% of the time. Our protagonists and obvious heros fighting with a shorthanded army agains thousands of evil orks and allies, only to get their asses save by some miracle-like events.

Of course the quality is awesome. Lots of beautiful landscapes and alike. But it doesn't make up for the lack of story. I have to say sorry in case this sounds like a rant. It's not supposed to be one. I'm just disappointed. At some point I even lost my suspense of disbelieve.

There's this scene where one of the human-sized protagonists (forgot his name) stands up against a nasty, over sized and heavy muscles 10-15m tall Ork. The Ork's weapon of choice is some big, cubic stone that weights likey at least 1,5 Tons. It's locked to a big chain. He throws it around like it doesn't follow the rules of physic, trying to smash our poor protoagonist. Suddenly, when named stone lies on the ground, our protagonist (he's a human, just to bring that back to memory) lifts it up and tosses it against the Orks chest like the stone is just some football. "Here, hold that for a moment, buddy". Honestly?

'Nuff said. 3/10 Points.

*) No, I don't dislike Dragons. Quite the contraty. I like them a lot. It's just that I can't take Smaug honest. He's lovely animated but lacks of character. Okay, he's evil. But that's all. Shallow. I'd likely stand in front of him, arms crossed, one eyebrow quirked, making sarcastic comments about his character.