He did a great job with the first Lord of the Rings Trilogy, but he is wearing a little long in the tooth.
The Desolation of Smaug pissed med off because Smuag was not desolated and they left us hanging.
“The Desolation of Smaug” is actually the place on the map. It’s that part of the world under his grasp where he has destroyed the land. If you look on the Tolkien map, you will see it.
My complaint with the movie was that this great and terrible creature which could not be overcome and had taken over Erebor at the height of its power was taken head-on by a rag-tag band of wandering dwarfs. For good reason, it didn’t happen that way in the book and it shouldn’t have happened that way in the movie. The scene with Smaug was better in the cartoon where he was the great and terrible beast.
Didn't you read the book? Didn't/don't you know how Smaug meets his demise?
Desolation of Smog
Jackson: “remind me to get a better title for the next movie”
I didn’t like that cliffhanger at the end either...although there is more to go, there is something resolved at the end of each of the other movies. Oh well...the last installment will be here soon enough.
And in the movie, the “desolation” referred to was not desolating Smaug, but the desolation he caused.