Pacing issues completely sorted out on this one, did not feel like 160 mins at all. Smaug was awesome although a little too chatty for my liking. Visual effects were fine for 98% of the movie! Do people realize how much CGI was in this, no because it was usually excellent. That said the gold melting was fairly poor. Much more action and better action at that. Solid adventure film. Still does not come close to any of the LOTR movies.
A-