Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (27 January 2013)

As a massive fan of the Lord of the Rings saga and reader of all the books I must say I was very disappointed with this new film. Lacks all the good stuff that made the book one of my favourites back when i was a teenager and hinders all Peter Jackson's good work in the previous films. It looks to me more as a film for Twilight fans than anything else: plain, childish and overall predictable in gags and action. Shame. I'm pretty sure Tolkien would have not enjoyed the adaptation this time. Let's see what happens with the next two films though my expectations are already quite low and I still don't understand the need of exploiting one book into a new trilogy. Marketing versus quality?