Desolation of Smaug was A LOT better than an Unexpected Journey (the 1st of the Hobbit movies). Still full of what I call squirrely moments of sure stupid humor (if you can call it humor) that I never care for. That was one of the big failing points for the Star Wars prequels. Stupid humor (burp and fart level crap) that was terrible. Sure, a lot of the acting sucked in that one too, but get rid of the dumb "aimed for 6 year olds" and they would have been better. Of course that also means no Jar Jar Stinks, which is fine by me. Why the studios, writers, and directors think that they need to add all of that garbage to movies today just to cater to a younger audience is beyond me. Make quality work and people will watch it because it is good. Throw junk in there, and you end up with junk coming out because you wanted per-adolescent kids to giggle.
