Thank you, Peter Jackson

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2014)

What an epic piece of fantasy. I just made an account after reading all the hateful reviews on IMDb and watching the movie thereafter. Before we proceed: I am a big fan of Tolkien's original saga and Jackson's LotR adaptation.
The Battle of the Five Armies, the last part of the Hobbit trilogy is the most epic movie I have ever seen and I don't say this lightly.
People saying that Peter Jackson was arrogant enough to create his own paths of the original story to please the audience or the main stream – please, give me a break. Tolkien gave us his epic universe, the dawn of the fantasy genre as we know it now.
And Peter Jackson has brought this to the big screen.
And therefore I am grateful, I am grateful to see this epic drama unfold and visualize in front of me on the screen, instead of my inner eye. I am grateful for every second I can dive into Tolkien's universe and Peter Jackson's vision of it.
I would gladly see another trilogy, any extended editions, any amount of "side-quests" to see actions that remain behind the screen and that happen in between the pages of the books. But it is over and I am sad.
And therefore, if you are a fan of the books and the LotR trilogy, you'll find this a fitting and worthy conclusion for an epic saga. It's action-packed, breath-takingly beautiful, dramatic, comedic and even emotional. How often did you see this description in a single movie?
I say: "Thank you, Peter Jackson, for bringing one of my favorite books to life. 10/10."