Almost fell asleep.

Rating: 3/10 (15 December 2012)

Long, boring, tedious...made me long for the book. The set up takes forever and the battle scenes are endless and in the end you just don't care anymore. I'd rather they had gotten killed so I could go home. The movie just "ends" for no particular reason and most children watching found it stupid and perplexing. Three movies out of this slim volume? A very stupid decision made for indulgent personal motives of money and self-glorification. Filming the "Hobbit" may be a challenge but it is a challenge Peter Jackson failed to meet. It really illustrates the story-telling genius of Ang Lee and the Life of Pi. That was an even more challenging film to make and he pulled it off brilliantly.
I was so, so disappointed in this boring and tedious waste of money.