A good movie but not exceptional as expected

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2014)

Just a brief review. The story was adapted from the book okay enough to make it into a three movies but could have been better as there were various deviations. Characters added and removed from the original story, not much details on what happened to most characters after the battle like who becomes the king under the mountain. The CGI was not as impressive as expected. Tried to to end the trilogy on a high note but failed. It just doesn't do justice to the middle from Tolkien's world. The Desolation of Smaug did a better job and set a high bar to which this did not live up to. Having said all that, if you watch the movie on its own without comparison with the books and Tolkien's world, it is a rather enjoyable movie. It doesn't bore you and most times keeps you very much into it.