better than Hobbit, Part 2

Rating: 5/10 (23 December 2014)

After the previous installment of the Hobbit trilogy my expectations were rather low. Since i've seen The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it was beyond doubt that the final movie about Bilbo's journey would be an endless battle scene. Basically, the title summarizes the script in six words: The Battle of the Five Armies.
However, the authors proved me slightly wrong. There has been some character development, in particular Thorin (Richard Armitage). But even those moments are mere distractions from the aforementioned battle of the five armies.
However, my main complaint is of pure technical nature. I've seen the movie in 3D, more precisely described as 3D HFR 48 HPS which, in turn, should convince the moviegoers about the quality of material displayed. And it turned out that during the first half hour all shots with Bard (Luke Evans) were of visible lower quality. Where everything else has been in proper 3D, his shots were almost as from an early 3D simulator. Not sure whether it was due to the equipment in the theater i visited or the producers decided to save some money on shooting with Luke Evans.
Otherwise, this movie follows in it's predecessors' steps and you'll get your money's worth of CGI. There is also a hilarious homage to Frank Herbert's The Dune, courtesy of Peter Jackson, but i'll let you guess where and what that might be.