Peter Jackson has left the path of reason.

Rating: 3/10 (8 August 2015)

Hope this doesn't sound like pedantry, but why do directors insist on going as far afield from the source material as Peter Jackson does here? What is the point of adapting a book like 'The Hobbit', that's about as specific as a screenplay, and then turn it into something almost entirely different? If you have already have a (speaking) dragon as one of your main characters, really, what else do you have to add? Apparently, almost the entire cast from LOTR. To say they don't belong in this story is almost beside the point, Jackson has added them anyway. Wonder if this was a requirement to get the films done, or something from overinflated ego of the director? The Hobbit is a great story. The director has chosen to tell a different story. Maybe not a complete bait and switch, but close to criminal behavior in my book.