Solid

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2014)

As a huge fan of The Lord of the rings and the first 2 hobbit films I was slightly disappointed by this film but still a very good film defiantly worth watching. Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen are both still awesome in their roles as Bilbo and Gandalf as expected. Richard Armatidge also very effectively shows Thorins descent into madness and Legolas is still a badass, however there was one character that was completely overdone and I feel had no place in the movie, this was the masters assistant Alfrid, he was the main problem with this film. The battle scenes where great and epic but slightly over the top and forced at times especially the CGI trolls and I think the battles would have been slightly better without them. The ending scene to this film in my opinion was spectacular and beautifully done Sad to see middle earth go Overall a good final send of to middle earth with mostly good performances and characters, but not quite on par with the other middle earth films