I am hoping that some fan or other will cut out all the extraneous stuff and make the 2 hour movie of 'The Hobbit.' I have not seen 'The Desolation of Smaug' because I saw the first one and came very close to walking out. Jackson, like Nolan, will not kill his damn babies. Furthermore, in the first movie everyone seemed to be pretty much immortal and the dwarves were interchangeable (except for Thorin and Balin - and even the two pretty ones were sort of interchangeable with each other.) And some of the FX was dire. Also, I got vertigo in 2D. *sigh*

I may buy it if it hits three quid.