A a good finale to the continuation but time to wrap it up.

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2015)

I'll make this short, the movies were long and to be honest although I read the "Lord" trilogy when I was a teen, many times by the third movie I had enough. I was only mildly interested in the Hobbit. My eldest daughter though had the bug and we saw the Hobbit series.
I was a passably good movie, the sets elaborate, the acting excellent, the fight scenes predictably too long and the ending somehow almost too soon.
I think that it was important for Jackson to wrap this up on a high because although his movies are spectacular in every way there is only so much high fantasy that one can take, only so many Orc's to kill and only so many hours that one can devote to a series without becoming worn and jaded.
It is an enjoyable indulgence but in the end I think I'm glad that it's all over.