A Solid Conclusion

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2015)

Before we start, I'll give you a rundown of my thoughts on the other 2 movies. An Unexpected Journey is my personal favorite, mostly because it feels more of a journey than an epic war like the other 2. The Desolation Of Smaug is my least favorite, mostly that there were a lot of characters and elements that seemed really forced, and it actually seemed longer than the other 2, but I still enjoyed it. Now we've gotten to the final chapter, and personally I say this is my middle favorite.
One thing to keep in mind is that even though this is about 20 minutes shorter than the other 2, it seems just as long. And that is probably because there is so much fighting in this movie! I feel like 2/3 of this movie is just battle sequences. Though, to be fair it is done a whole lot better than most recent blockbuster movies. It is done in some creative ways and the effects don't look that bad either.
There still are still some really forced moments in the movie. There was once a scene that was supposed to be a hallucination and that it was supposed to be scary, but it just seemed hilarious. Also the butler character from the second movie is back and is incredibly forced comic- relief. Also there were some fight scenes that were incredibly ridiculous as well.
The biggest problem for me was the ending. I'm not going to spoil it, but it was incredibly underwhelming. I mean, this is the end to a massive franchise and just has a pretty meh ending. But that was really the only big problem I had with the movie. All around it was a pretty solid conclusion to the prequel trilogy and the franchise as well
Final Score: 7/10