Not bad , but could have been so much more

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2015)

Had big expectation for this since the second film ended in a cliffhanger with Smaug soaring over Lake-Town with the intention to rain fiery death upon the weak humans.SPOILER ALERT:Was a bit disappointed with him dying so early on and without a satisfying fight scene.The madness of Thorin was a bit too exaggerated and impacted the movie a bit too much.The fighting scene between the elves, dwarfs and orcs were rather OK , but they could have built a bit more on that too.Wasn t expecting such a sad ending tho, with so many characters dying, but wasn't a bad ending besides that.A decent movie, better than the first two for sure, but could have been a lot better with better focusing on the good parts.And too much screen time for Alfrid, a minor character, with an unsatisfying conclusion to his in-movie actions.