I'm just sleepy in the cinema because I haven't slept the night before for watching a 1 and a half hour episode of Detective Conan: http://www.animeultima.tv/detective-conan-episode-345-english-subbed/
and also, a 2-hour interview and 3 hour-job description yesterday.
The sequel is more about Thorin than Bilbo. Bilbo seems like a minor character in this movie and didn't speak that much with the dwarves. Gandalf reminds me of Dumbledore, Sauron with Voldemort, Bilbo Baggins with Harry Potter especially when Potter fought the Hungarian Horntail Dragon in the Goblet of Fire. But I think, Gandalf and Sauron are stronger than Dumbledore and Voldemort. The Arkenstone that Bilbo must steal in this movie looks like the Golden egg that Harry must catch that holds the clue for the next event in The Goblet of Fire.
I just watched it in 2D and it must be fun watching it in 3D especially when Gandalf fought Sauron and when Thorin was attacked by the dragon in the deep well. I thought Bilbo's greed of Sauron's The One ring only surfaced 50 years after, during the events in The Lord of the Rings. But in this movie, he already became greedy when a baby spider was about to accidentally step on the ring. (Let's see if I'm able to read that in the novel.) It's so nice that Peter Jackson firstly made The Lord of the Rings trilogy before making the prequel The Hobbit. Seems this novel adaptation is much fresher than its sequels. I wonder what happens when a dwarf have interracial relationship with an elf? Will their offsprings have magical powers and longevity like the elf parent? Probably. There are many "oh shit!" moments especially in the scenes where they reached the old dwarvish kingdom in the Lonely Mountain and faced the dragon. It's kinda nice that the dragon can talk and can relate to the characters' inner fears. I stopped reading the novel up to the point where they escaped with giant eagles. Seems they lengthen the novel by making it a trilogy movie to gain more profit.
