Awful movie

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2014)

I made an account because I just had to comment on how awful this movie is as a standalone film, as a trilogy with the Hobbit series and in comparison to LOTR.
Great acting by all involved however the script and screenplay has failed them due to Peter Jackson's arrogance and overuse of CGI. The CGI creates a sense that we are watching something out of a video game/ anime because it appears like a cartoon and fake. The first half of the movie is pretty good but completely shatters once the actual battle begins with the humans/ dwarfs/ elves against the goblin army. Unlike what most commentators have said, I as a hopeless romantic enjoyed the love story between the dwarf and the elf, HOWEVER, it was underdeveloped, clichéd and (SPOILER) tragic. Was there any point in Tauriel spending all that time in the 2nd film saving Klee's life when he will die anyways and she falls in despair?? Bilbo Baggins is sidelined and has very few moments and lines to say. Amazing since this is called the HOBBIT. Basically an hour of screen space and time is used up for overlong battles that defy gravity and physics, and a cluster of CGI animation that confuses and blinds us beneath our 3D glasses. Seriously, I had a headache all throughout this movie. Thorin battled one goblin (the leader) for literally what felt like 30 minutes and died after watching its face swim smoothly beneath the sheet of ice, looking up at him! Are you kidding me?? Also, how can Legolas and Tauriel kill like 50 goblins in a few minutes but struggle to kill just one. This one kills Klee, severely injures Tauriel and has God smiling upon it as it survives a hundred lethal blows from all parties concerned. Legolas is an unneeded character and this is due to him not even being a part of the novel. The dwarfs all look the same to me and have almost no lines to say. Thorin's cousin appears and disappears in the blink of an eye. Bard's role was good but we never found out what happened to him or the elves. This whole film was useless and boring.
Overall, this is failed cinema in order to mooch every penny from our pockets (SURPRISE!) I'm just happy I watched Hunger Games: M-Part 1 first because it was a far superior film with almost no action scenes whatsoever! I got into Hobbit free afterwards with 3D glasses because I knew it would be a waste of money.
If Peter Jackson wanted to make another epic fantasy series after LOTR he could have adapted the Wheel of Time or a Mercedes Lackey novel series. Instead he butchered a 300 page novel into 3 movies and made a lot of money out of it. I hope his future films are better (and it will be, he is a great director if he has the content to make a proper film). I rate it 4/10 strictly for the great acting, decent buildup and a lovable character in the form of Bilbo Baggins. P.S. I am a 21 year old law student and care more for the story of a film than useless Hollywood CGI special effects. Hollywood, technology does not make a film better. The best sci-fi movies were in the 1980's with very minimal CGI effects and more care taken towards the story treatment and execution.