The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
As usual, the music, effects, locations, sets, makeup, costumes, and props are all basically top notch (except for the molten gold looks a bit off, and there's this one part where a goblin's foot looks extremely rubbery, but it's still pretty great).
The best part about it all is probably Smaug, who is nothing short of the greatest dragon I've ever seen in a film before. His design is brilliant. I especially like that he has only two legs and his wings kinda double as hands and yet don't actually look awkward. The motion capture really adds to it and he shows so much expression without looking weird or cartoony. You can really see Benedict's eyebrows on him. His scenes are the highlights of the film.
The story goes way off from the book, though, really, really, really off. I'm usually okay with adding stuff like was done in the first film, but some of the stuff does feel a bit weird.
I'm a bit annoyed that a few good lines were omitted, such as Smaug telling Bilbo that he "ate six ponies this morning" or the bit where he's describing himself and the ending part where he calls his breath death is missing, which is a bit of a bother because that line was so good. A similar line appears later on, but it's not the same.
It leaves you really wanting to see the next part, which, unfortunately, will not come out for a year even though it was supposed to be next Summer before. 
