It's about the money

Rating: 4/10 (22 December 2014)

This movie was so anticlimactic that it's not even funny to mention. Seeing Smaug eliminated so early in the movie even before we see its title seems this should have been more of a made for TV rather than the big screen. Then Galadriel standing down Sauron so yet again so early to save Gandalf. The rest of the movie kinda went downhill even with the warring factions it just lost its essence, it just deteriorated nothing to build up to really. Minimal tension as to what may happen to our heroes except when Thorin realizes what he must do. Still like I said anticlimactic, disappointing and dare I say it boring!
Again what plagues this pseudo-trilogy is the fact Mr. Jackson needed to appease investors and greedy money-hungry mongers not unlike the monsters one sees in The Lord of The Rings that this has been a total deception. It should have been just 1-film thus sustaining the integrity of the work and Mr. Jackson's reputation. I could have gone as far as to give it 1-star but I'll give it a 4 for the actors' effort in this.