Left the quality slip entirely

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2015)

Started off with a superb intro, then went downhill from then on. With prolonged scenes of misery, not doing it any favors to connect with the audience as it was so common by the end of it all I had no interest in the characters what so ever.
The CGI and special effects gave the impression of a video game, taking away any realism that may have been left from those teary eyed characters.
In previous franchise for example Lord of The Rings the close up shots showed lots of detail in the hordes descending upon Middle Earth,fangs and mean looking faces no one would want to wake up to! However, this seems to have been completely forgotten, and one was left with a nauseating feeling as cameras glided through the "epic" scaled scenes.
So I am left with the conclusion Peter should have made it into a two part film, as The Hobbit has a natural divide in the book. Instead it was dragged on and on, and I am be very glad never to see the shire again.