Unremarkable in every way but not bad

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2014)

It may be that I've grown jaded to CGI "epic" and sweeping tales but I found this movie to be almost completely unremarkable in every way. There's nothing wrong or bad on display it's just that I felt no real connection to any character even after three long drawn out films. I also was never awed by any single action scene with one exception. That exception being Legolis' dispatching of a rather nasty Orc on the crumbling bridge. The effects and computer generated images all played rather false and shallow mostly because of overuse. Everything felt CGI unlike the original trilogy. Overall, I'd label this movie tolerable but severely lacking in entertainment value. The lack of emotional depth given run times is baffling but one exchange at the end of the film does hit a chord "Why does it (love) hurt so much?" Answer: "Because it was real." The movie needed more lines and writing like that and far less CGI monster beheadings.