CGI-saturated technologically advanced just plain average movie

Rating: 3/10 (31 March 2013)

It's like the Star Wars prequels but less bad. The characters and the story are OK but for some reason the emphasis is put on **SpEcIaL!**EfFeCtS!**. As if we cared.
But even that isn't impressive, it just looks fake, like some 'cinematic' cutscenes in a video game. The two main opponents are in cartoonish CGI. The action scenes are not exciting because CGI is overused and it's unrealistic. Even the actors look like they're digitally polished (i.e. old Bilbo at the beginning - compare it to the beginning of LOTR movie #1). How much of it was make-up, how much of it was the color saturation of the 48fps thing**, how much of it was post-production digital enhancement I don't know, and I don't care.
The story is enjoyable. The music is good. It could have been worse. Low rewatchability value. C+
(DVD review)
**which apparently is only an improvement if you watch the movie with 3D glasses. who cares about 3D anyways?