Well, not sure what else to expect

Rating: 3/10 (23 December 2014)

I was going to wait until this movie came to redbox but got the urge to go see it in 3d. Oh how I wish I would have saved my $14. I'm not saying anything new. This movie was just 'ok'. It has absolutely no heart. There is no comparison to the LOTR movies. The hobbit movies are a poor, watered down version. What happened to Peter Jackson? It is obvious this was just about money. The crappy cgi characters did not help the movie. Video games have better graphics. The scenes were boring. Due to no character development, you do not give one iota who dies. You can't even remember their names. The ending was terrible. They didn't tie up any lose ends. Instead of wasting LOTS of time on Bilbo going back to the shire, they could have addressed many plot holes. Gandalf looked tired and bored. There were no surprises nor was any suspense. They most definitely overdid the superhuman Legolas defying gravity scenes. ..it was totally unrealistic. The fight scenes were boring...the same looking muscled up monsters, who could be felled with a rock thrown by a hobbit was just laughable. I agree with others, the 'love' triangle was not necessary and was rather boring and made no since...they were deep in love after seeing each a few times...really?! The pacing in the movie was terrible. There was no sense of passing of time. It's like the armies were just around the corner. Too many of the scenes had me thinking,'I've seen this before'. Too many lose ends: What happened to the gold? What happened with the elf jewels? What happened to Bard and his people? What happened to the dwarfs? What happened to the elves? It would have been interesting to see how Sauramon gets turned to the dark side. I could keep going but I'm sleepy now. That's my 2 cents.