The Least Appetising Film Title of 2014

Rating: 7/10 (6 September 2019)

If your idea of fun is over two hours of orcs, dwarves, elves & sundry other hirsute warriors scampering about, engaging in long, portentous speeches and generally squaring up against each other then this is the movie for you.
I actually read 'The Hobbit' as a kid and loved it. Turning Tolkien's charming little book into yet another sprawling trilogy in the wake of 'The Lord of the Rings' was obviously only ever a commercial decision (which was why the interminable 'The Desolation of Smaug' was so excruciatingly drawn-out). But at least the threatened massed battle is actually over fairly quickly and - although it as usual takes an awfully long time getting there - being the third part of a trilogy you know that things will, eventually, come to a full conclusion this time round.