Most faithful installment, wish could be said for the audience!

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2014)

Before I begin, I'm not going to spoil the story, I'm only going to specify on certain aspects that have been wrongly published by the PJ haters and so called critics.
First off, I would like to congratulate PJ, Weta, Stone Street, Abbey Road, Park Road Post and all the cast and crew for sending us on another epic journey across Middle Earth. And too all those trolls and haters.....get a life and try to gain an understanding of the movie industry before you batter and bruise a movie on such small tidbits.
This movie was absolutely fantastic, and is actually the most faithful adaptation since ROTK. Most elements from this installment is either directly from the novel, or improved upon. The pacing is a bit odd, and it does flatten out a tad on the 3rd act, but then again that's what the extended edition is for!
Now onto the "spoilers" section, don't read if you want to be completely left in the unknown...
Still here, good!
1: Dain Ironfoot IS NOT CGI, I repeat NOT cgi!!!!
Ignore everybody who stated that Dain Ironfoot (Billy Connoly) is a cgi character is wrong! The scenes that he is in are great and so cool! He is in something called HEAVY MAKEUP! Yes for some of his action scenes he is cgi, but that's because the actor is in his 70's, understood?
2: Tolkein would respect this adaptation
As Gandalf said in AUJ "all good tales deserve embellishment" and this movie is no exception, yet it is true in the retelling. So accurate that many Tolkeinites watching will be able to speak the dialogue, one particular scene is when Bilbo reveals to Thorin that he had the arkenstone, and Thorin goes Ape over it! It was eerily spooky how true it was to the scene in the book. The battle is told a bit differently The Elves and Dwarfs fight upon the plains of Erebor, while the men of esgaroth fight a brutal fight in Dale, you can tell PJ has missed directing battle scenes. Top 6 battles best to worst:
Helm's Deep (come on) Battle of 5 Armies Battle of Moria Osgiliath Minas Tirith Black Gate
3: yes some scenes are OTT (Elves)
The 3rd act does go a bit crazy, especially when it comes to the Thorin Azog fight, but don't forget that this is someone's vision of the book, everyone's is different.
So yeah, definitely watch it....WATCH it! This movie is so great that I actually squealed when the battle began because it was so awesome! 10/10