![]() ![]() ![]() (BBB, CC, CapCap, Pa, FR, VV, S, N, M) Very strong moral worldview extolling courage, helping others, compassion, heroism, and loving thy neighbor, with strong Christian, redemptive elements of sacrifice, symbolic images of the Cross, and restoring a lost or fallen kingdom, plus some free market ideals that also warn about greed and flaunting one’s wealth before others and some pagan magical thinking, combining magical powers with healing herbs, and supernatural powers, but these can be placed into the Christian context of the original source material, wherein God is the ultimate source of all power but fallen creatures can misuse or corrupt that power no foul language strong, intense action violence with little gore but a high body count that includes ugly decapitations of scary evil creatures, stabbings, sword fighting, arrows pierce bodies and the heads of scary evil creatures, giant scary spiders are stabbed and whacked, scary spiders wrap victims in webs and want to eat them, festering wound, dwarves in barrels ride rapids while being hunted, a humanoid creature can change into a scary bear, scary giant orcs, characters imprisoned, falling, large fire-breathing dragon chases characters, etc. So, strong caution is advised, especially for teenagers and other susceptible viewers. However, the action violence and fight scenes are a little over the top. These moral, redemptive themes are brilliantly mixed together. SMAUG is a terrific moral tale of courage, restoration, sacrifice, and caring for others. Though some of the action is repetitious, the movie maintains its passionate heart throughout. THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is a stirring, enthralling adventure epic. ![]() ![]() Eventually, the dwarves send Bilbo into the dragon’s lair under the mountain to recover an important talisman. Along the way, they encounter a swarm of giant spiders, a band of evil orcs, some elves, and a lakeside city of men living in the shadow of the mountain. Bilbo and the dwarves travel through a dark and evil forest to get to the Lonely Mountain so they can rally the folk of Middle Earth to help the dwarves overcome an evil dragon and restore a lost kingdom. THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is the second installment of filmmaker Peter Jackson’s version of Tolkien’s children’s classic. ![]()
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