An Expected Failure

Rating: 2/10 (17 December 2014)

This was obvious: converting a child book to a Hollywood movie would bring a disaster.
When I went to the theaters today, I had this excitement and eagerness to go back to the Middle-Earth once again. It appeared to be the only bright side of the movie. Here is a little list of questions and comments:
-What made Peter Jackson think that he would alter Tolkien's work and get away with it? The whole movie suffers from unnecessary additions (Tauriel? Kili dies to save her? What?) and things left unexplained.
-What happened to those giant worms? They got bored and went back underground? Getting on surface and screaming is just their daily ritual?
-At least show the result of the thing you based the movie on. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD?
-Why is everything so perfect? I mean the CGI is so perfect that it hurt my eyes. Everything is so smooth and elegant. Every battle is based on amazing swings and blocks and rolls. I felt like playing a hack & slash video game. I could actually see buttons popping up on the screen for me to press while Legolas was climbing his way up on the collapsing bridge.
-The whole movie is like a freakin' l'oreal commercial. I mean everybody's skin is just drop-dead gorgeous. Even the orcs! You could even say that the orcs were handsome if your eyes get used to it.
-In LOTR, there was a constant dark ambiance and the emotions were brilliantly shifted with smart, deep jokes; bringing a short grin on your face and a short mental relief out of those worrying events. In the Hobbit, it seems like it is the other way around. It is like a sit-com with silly jokes (I admit that they were funny, but come on, Jackson!) which take all of the dark thoughts and emotions away (If there were any.)
-What about those slow-mo near-death moments with last second saves? Everybody saved everybody's lives in the movie. The orc always has to say a last word or hold his sword above for a while (where's all the fun if you don't give a little chance to the savior? Have a heart, orc!).
This list goes so long that I could make a trilogy out of it.
This whole trilogy is a failure and they are a huge disrespect to the work of Tolkien. Shame.