A Journey that was Only Satisfactory

Rating: 7/10 (7 February 2015)

I love the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. From the first day and on those films were my soul mate. When hearing that Peter Jackson was finally making this film I was overjoyed. I have been to all three midnight releases and I don't regret a single one. I felt this film disappointed me the most. I loved that they went into the necromancer in this film and unlike most I couldn't give hoot about the Tauriel and Kili love story. We all knew it was short lived so I wasn't surprised like some in the theater when he got killed. The was one thing missing from all three films that the Lord of the Rings had, heart. The compassion, the emotion, and the male bonding that was essential to these two trilogies. The film tried so hard to be new and innovative that there wasn't enough room for emotion and love. I think the cast was fine over all but I do think the script was far off than ever. Of course I did cry in the end of the film because I was still pleased enough to experience middle- earth one last time. Also my other complaint was the overload of CGI. Come on that was just silly.