Decent but in no way a classic

Rating: 6/10 (12 December 2014)

The Middle-earth saga is concluded with arguably the worst part in the Hobbit series and thus the worst movie out of the six in Peter Jackson's Tolkien universe.
We know the characters, we know the setting but what we experience is nothing short of just milking the series with one extra movie.
To be fair, this finale lacks the character development and attachment we normally feel when watching these movies. Also, the plot is seemingly non-existent. The creators rely way too much on the war scenes, super cliché fighting and some actually bad acting from the people of Dale.
I'm a huge fan of the previous 5 movies and am sure the extended version of this movie will be quite something else than the cinema version. The final chapter deserves more.