The weakest link

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2014)

I was really excited for this movie especially when I found out about the 45 minute battle sequence. But all there was was a over use of CGI that got annoying, characters that weren't supposed to be in the film defining gravity and such and also the acting wasn't anything special either.
It was hard to get into, unlike desolation of Smaug which I thought was really good (the first time anyway) and Unexpected journey seemed to take you to middle earth in a more efficient way than this movie.
Despite the many battle sequences involved non of them seemed to grip you and you didn't really care about the characters because the orcs and goblins weren't anything menacing that could harm anyone. Not a 'creature bred for war' at all. They reminded me of the battle droids from the Star Wars prequels that are just there to make the heroes look more impressive which they do at times but can get quite repetitive.
The movie constantly attempts to be the LOTR but generally fails. However some moments are entertaining to watch that relate to the style such as the vast armies of evil and their chants whilst they march. The references to LOTR are quite impressive but we have seen them before so nothing really new. I did however like the fact that Christopher Lee made a awesome appearance although he wasn't in the book I don't mind to much as he's one of my favourite actors and favourite villain from LOTR so it was interesting to see him fighting for the forces of good- 'leave Sauron to me'.
Overall though I give it a 6.8/10 which really does kill me inside as I am a huge LOTR fan and I did enjoy the first two hobbit movies but this one just isn't there. It makes me sad that Peter Jackson kind of rushed this movie just to make the linkage with LOTR. From all of the hard work that has gone into the previous films seems to have been neglected for this ending (probably due to there being 3 movies) to the final installment of this partly epic saga.