End of a film era.

Rating: 8/10 (12 January 2015)

the original lord of the rings trilogy are my favourite films of all time. I loved all three and when the Hobbits first came out my expectations were a lot higher so perhaps I did not enjoy the last three instalments as much but they are still brilliant and well made films. There is no one else on the planet that could have made these six films I all as good as Peter Jackson has made them. If people did not like this film or the other hobbits then that is fine but lets be thank full that they have been made and to as good of standard of film cinematography as possible. The battle scenes in all of the films and particularly this one are second to none they are amazingly created. It must be very difficult to actually produce the high action quality that is shown and I could watch it all day. Sometimes it does become a bit too much but this isn't something I would say is such a bad thing. I love the action in this film. The acting is very good, couldn't name someone who could play Bilbo as well as Martin Freeman has done and the same goes for Gandalf with Ian McKellen there are a lot of good acting with this film. I also really liked the ending where it ends where the lord of the rings takes off.
However there was some flaws within the story and felt that with some parts left unexplained. The unexplained parts could be within the books which then is something I would have to explore and probably will do. I think with the huge battle scenes some things get left to just be accepted. What I would say is that I do find it a bit annoying that not just for this film *spoilers* that the eagles have to save the day, again and again. If this is sticking to the books then that is okay but this is one thing I don't really like or understand fully. With all the elves, dwarfs, men, wizards, spirits that the only way of stopping the enemy is through eagles swooping in to win the battle. If they was explained more or given a section of the film or a previous film to say why they turn up and help all the time it would be great. This one little thing does have a little annoyance to me.
Furthermore I absolutely loved all the lord of the rings and hobbit movies, I am so gutted that there will be no more of them. It is like an end of an era in film for me as I grew up watching these films and loved every moment of them. I am going to buy this film when it comes out along with the rest of the hobbits to have all of them. would recommend this film to anyone but would have to of had a love for the lord of the rings or the previous hobbits to fully enjoy and understand the true brilliance of this franchise. Lastly which perhaps wont get as much credit as it deserves is the song at the end of the film through the credits performed by Billy Boyd, I loved this song and had to listen to it again and again, Brilliant.
8/10 but a 10/10 for the whole trilogy.