Not Good

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2014)

To start with, I want to give the movie a little bit of credit, that the special effect was pretty awesome and graphic sophisticated.
However, the story plot was almost non-existent and the movie, being the last of the trilogy, felt unfinished.
The beginning of the movie looked promising, especially with Thorin indulging in the gold pile and defining his character, as the rest of the cast were basically drifting along. The movie turned into a mess the second the battle of the five armies began and ironically, this is the title of the movie.
The actors barely moved in the fighting scenes. The effects were to be blamed in a way as you were basically watching human VS. computer generated images, which is the new Hollywood standard, but when this was extended for 60 minutes - it was dull.
The ending was flawed. It did not tell you what happens with the Arkenstone and the group of Eagles who flew over to rescue. In the book apparently the Arkenstone was placed in Thorin's chest in his tomb deep inside the Lonely Mountain. How can the movie ignore this important fact?
Overall, I am disappointed but meanwhile my expectation is quite low, especially knowing someone's trying to split a short book into three big, long movies.