I couldn't get into it fully

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2014)

I watched the 2D version as there were members of my group who just don't fare well with 3D. 3D in higher frame rate would have been my preference.
I felt the film as a whole was good, but there was a few niggley pieces that put me off: Legolas plunging his sword in one of the giant orc heads and directing him to the tower which falls over and he uses as a bridge. Another legolas piece that I thought was out of place was when he was running up the blocks which were falling at the same time. The cgi was off or was it slow mo... anyway... The interaction with Bilbo and Thorin when Trorin died I felt was a poor scene. I didn't feel Billy Connelly added anything to the film. Thranduil was pretty cool. Legolas grew on me. The Kili/Tauriel scenes were good, except for the last one. Perhaps I would have had a different opinion if I saw it in 3dHFR.