Jackson has no respect for the author and the story !

Rating: 4/10 (1 January 2014)

Peter Jackson should remember that he is not J.R.R. Tolkien and should not rewrite The Hobbit as he thinks it should be written.
He won fans over by (more or less) keeping to the story in Lord of the Rings so why with the Hobbit has he decided to make so many changes that its almost another story. Why bring in the surfing Legolas with a love interest?, Why have such a long and drawn out conversation with something that looks more like a giant bat than a dragon?, Why the digression with Gandalf and Radagast and Sauron. The list goes on....
The only conclusion I can make as obvious as it is, is that Hollywood success from LOTR has gone to Jacksons head and he is now in the business of misleading and deceiving fans of Tolkein.
The Hobbit is a small book it could have easily been done in one or at most two films, dragging it out to a third movie and adding a whole lot of unnecessary rubbish to a perfectly good story shows how little the producers respect the author and the story.
The special effects etc... as as good as ever. That is why I give it a 4 out of 10.