Big Dissappoinment

Rating: 4/10 (13 December 2014)

After the desolation of smaug had somewhat redeemed the trilogy from the dreadful first movie, it was down to this one to seal the deal. As a lover of the books and all things Tolkein, i came into to the movie with great expectations, but the movie i saw absolutely terrible. I have to ask if all the high rating for this movie are by people who have read the book. The needless love triangle, bad CGI and terrible character performances left the movie feeling thin and drawn out. The best part of the movie is in the first 30 minutes or so when samug comes to destroy lake town, but it almost seems like he is killed too easily and it's over in a flash. In my opinion the only reason for the love triangle is so that Legolas could be brought into the movie for the people who have only ever seen the movies. The characters are given no depth, and i found it impossible to connect with any of them, so when pretty big characters were brought to an end, i felt no remorse. Amongst all this there are scene of incredibly bad CGI. Whether it's tat stupid elk that thraundil rides, the over simulated armies or the fact that legolas can seem to jump on thin air, it made the movie seem like it was running on a low budget as opposed to the monster 250 million they had. From a man who created a masterpiece from the work of a magnificent writer, i expected much more. Any other true fans of the books will agree with me when i say i feel as if we have been cheated.