Good send-off in a near perfect saga!

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2015)

There were so many things this movie had to be. An end to a trilogy, an end to a saga but also, its own movie. Its a fantastic send off but lacks some of the core elements of being its own movie. The romance, for example, could have been handled much better. But other than that and a few other things, this is a great action and saga ending movie. I tried but I can't go through this review without mentioning the thing it will inevitably be compared to, The Lord of the Rings. There's one thing I have to say and thats: The Hobbit is, in scope and presentation, different from LOTR, even the books are. LOTR is a dark fight between good and evil, The Hobbit is an adventure across Middle- Earth. All in all, it doesn't match the scope and emotional punch of LOTR but it is a great send-off and action movie in a brilliant and near perfect saga.