The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Visual Effects
Smaug is motion-capture perfection, terrifying and weirdly hot.
Practical Effects
Barrel river sequence: real water, real injuries, real fun.
Acting
Freeman's pocket-sized panic against Cumberbatch's booming ego.
Director
Peter Jackson
Ian McKellen
Gandalf the Grey
Martin Freeman
Bilbo Baggins
Richard Armitage
Thorin Oakenshield
Benedict Cumberbatch
Smaug / Sauron
Orlando Bloom
Legolas
Evangeline Lilly
Tauriel
Lee Pace
King Thranduil
Luke Evans
Bard / Girion
Stephen Fry
The Master of Laketown
Ken Stott
Balin
James Nesbitt
Bofur
Mikael Persbrandt
Beorn
Sylvester McCoy
Radagast the Brown
Aidan Turner
Kili
Dean O'Gorman
Fili
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