1. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug Is Surprisingly Good
Though Tolkein nerds the world over might have been upset that the first instalment in The Hobbit trilogy wasn't all that great, it might have actually served a useful function, in lowering our expectations for subsequent entries. Thus, we can all go into Part 2 with a healthy dose of scepticism rather than blind fanboy-ism, and as long as Peter Jackson listens to some of the criticisms of the first film - namely tightening up the editing, given that all the footage is presumably already in the can - then he will craft a more satisfying, less-bloasted second film. Give Martin Freeman more of a presence, and stop making ridiculous cutesy changes to the source material; if so, The Desolation of Smaug
can be one of 2013's best films (or at the very least, a damn good one). What are your movie predictions for 2013? Let us know in the comments below.