Coming from the Theatrical Screening, Rating 7/5

Rating: 3/10 (11 December 2014)

OK, first of all, i must tell you that i am not a extreme Tolkien purist and i will not going to complain about the accuracy of the movie in relation to the novel, you had hear enough about it by now; Secondly, and as a warning for those who haven't read the book or seeing the movie yet, THERE ARE SPOILERS on this comment, so don't go further. OK, to the point: I rate the Theatrical release 4, because it is a BAD movie on the make, not doubt about it, and i have the knowledge of the now mandatory Extended Edition will come the next year, a Edition that will try to fix thing and not add new good stuff. BOTFA is not near even a good film, because its is full whit too many gaps, narrative problems and plot holes all over, but specially at the ending, been that fact that makes feel the actual final chapter as a whole, too rushed, delivered to only fulfill the product demand just on time to please the masses-fanboys and go straight forward to some film award nominations. I loved Peter J in the past for his effort to bring the Middle Earth alive, but in the case of the Hobbit, that was done at what cost?. Is he tired of the story?, Is there no more time or more money?, Was he short of source material or ideas?, maybe, i don't know for sure, but take note of this: 1)Smaug, one of the main and well done CG characters, had almost no time on screen and he is dead in a snap. 2)Thorin's dwarf company and main protagonists of the story, had almost no time on screen. 3) What about the actual battle of the five armies, gathering Dwarfs, Elves and Men against a common evil? Visual stunning?, yes... for a very little time, but a tactical mess and worst of all, pointless at the zenith, why? We are able to see Dwarfs forming protective shield ranks, Elves gallantly jumping over and dispatching the first wave of Orcs whit their blades... and never using their deadly trained archers, meanwhile men does nothing. And when the the battle tide change in favor of the bad guys, the men break ranks and go back to the now under siege Dale Town to protect their women and children, left there a day before, and leaving the dwarfs and elves alone to... well, the dwarfs to make a last stand on the front of the gate at the lonely mountain and the uber trained elvish army to... vanished to never see them again on screen without any reason. 4) The death of Thorin, Kili and Fili in a nonsensical move, riding mountain goats that materialize from nowhere, leaving the rest of the dwarf army, now under the command of the self proclaimed new King Thorin, to their fate, only to search fight alone against the main Orc villains Azog and Bolg, in the classic hand to hand showdown, which is the worst part for me because i had pictured they dying in combat in the main battle, one at the side of another, in the a fore mentioned last stand, and before the rest of the good guys could been saved by, and as always, the Air Force, i mean, the Eagles. 5)What happened to the Arc Stone?. 6) Who reclaim the mountain in the end(see the pointless of the battle!)?. 7) What happened to Bard and his people?. 8) In which terms ends the Elves, Dwarfs and Men after all?. 9) Does Bilbo plants his Tree back on the Shire?. 9) The monster eating-dirt super maggots, WTF?. 10) Turiel not dying at the end, Why??? She and her SO GLUED love affair were invented for the movies, so she could and should be killed. And finally, we have the once upon a time so badass Legolas, now appearing only to be cartoonerized to fit in this story, making a little more cameo on screen, and just to force the link to the first trilogy. Well, those are some points that i wanna take off my chest and share whit you all, because those are the little things that makes the whole movie wrong and disturbs me the most about this PJ vision of the story and make me sad and so mad about the ending, which was reduced to a full packed action and pseudo-sentimental movie, whit much of the potential misplaced, because the Director and Writers wanted to play more in the way of checkers than Chess on this one, for the last time. However, and on the other hand, i gladly will revisit the movie on cinema for a one and solely purpose: Contemplate once again the scene of Cathe Blanchett and her epic five minutes play on screen alongside Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Christopher Lee and Mr. Hugo Weaving, because that scene worth the price of the ticket and makes you forget that the rest of the movie could had been a better written story, but is just crap.