Urgh. Rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (23 April 2015)

I'd somehow managed to miss watching the epic LoTR trilogy as I fell asleep every time I tried to watch the first one. As I got older, I started to appreciate more serious films, so gave it another go. I'm now a ridiculously massive fan and have watched all three numerous times. I had high hopes for the Hobbit films.
I was disappointed at first with the first, but gave it another chance. I loved the second one because of Smaug, I have a bit of a dragon obsession. But the third....wow, what a hideous insult and a waste of time.
The CG effects (most of the film) are shockingly bad, it looks like they had a severely limited budget, or just got lazy. The "comedy" scenes didn't belong, and I hated the characters who were meant to be funny. The only part I did laugh at was the troll with the battering ram on his head. He reminded me of Leroy Jenkins.
The only scenes I really liked were in the first 10 minutes, and that's because Smaug was the star.