After watching The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer you’re left to wonder if this is more the second movie in The Hobbit three-part event — or an advanced prequel to The Lord of the Rings.

There was a lot of hate for The Hobbit movies on their release and to this day, but I will always love many things about them. From some immaculate casting down to impressive sequences, the movies had ...