Ticked

Rating: 1/10 (15 October 2016)

Literally NOTHING LIKE THE BOOK. There was a reason Tolkien didn't want to sell the movie rights to The Hobbit. They ruined it. Legolas shouldn't be in it. Tauriel doesn't even exist - Peter Jackson created her to create a stupid love triangle so teen girls would come see the movie. Azog is a small reference - a one sentence reference - in the book. He's supposed to be a goblin, and it's his uncle that's after Thorin's family. But it's ONE SENTENCE, not even a plot. Plus, CGI. Peter Jackson did MARVELOUS with the LOTR trilogy! Actual actors, makeup - even Treebeard was a real, animated-built tree! Very frustrated with this film. The Unexpected Journey stuck the closest to the book. Went WAY downhill from there.