[Zigûr]

I honestly don't like film-Gollum as much as the article writer does, to be honest. Too "cute" and not enough "creepy". I feel that Gollum should be deeply unsettling, like a demented old man muttering to himself. I think that would have improved the "Riddles in the Dark" scene more.

I notice one of the deeply fatuous comments below the article accuses the writer of complaining about the pacing (which he didn't) and having not read the book, arguing "Nearly the first fourth of the book (at least) is about what occurs at Bag End." Have they read the book?

I agree that the conversation with Smaug has the potential to be the best part of the film but I'll very much believe it when I see it.