Peter Jackson tried too hard

Rating: 4/10 (29 March 2015)

Overall, the first time I saw this movie I really enjoyed it, but after I read the book again talked to my friends and siblings about these movies, I realized that they weren't as good as I previously had thought. I think that they tried too hard to make something great. For starters, the CG seemed rushed and it just straight up didn't look as good as the Lord of the Rings movies did. It still looked good, but the trolls specifically didn't look like they were real creatures on the screen. Also, why did they add to the storyline? The whole business with Azog and all the other orcs was completely unnecessary and it didn't add anything extra into the story that was worth putting in. I used to defend this, saying that it would be too boring without this plot point, but I realized that it wouldn't have been because Peter Jackson would not have needed to add all of the walking. Taking out the orcs and the whole business with where Gandalf went when he left the dwarfs at the edge of the Mirkwood. If Gandalf saw Sauron at that fortress place he went to, why was he so surprised when he realized Sauron was back at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings. That was never explained. If he hadn't have gone to the trouble of trying to create a great masterpiece out of what is already a great masterpiece, he could have done this whole thing in two movies tops. Everything extra was unnecessary and makes big fans of the book cringe with embarrassment and annoyance.