fans of the original series are going to be very much disappointed

Rating: 2/10 (29 December 2013)

If you have read the book, better skip this re imagination of the original work by PJ(pun intended), the characters are not even close to the way they are projected in books, character assassination is the word for this movie!! The fight with spiders in Mirkwood is altogether missing, the elven king seems more like a corrupt and evil elf, the part with Beorn is changed completely and most importantly heroics of Bilbo are well non existent, instead we get to see Tauriel doing some pretty archer of hers, a sort of budding love between Killi and her and not to forget the interaction with Smaug well, its just CGI gimmick.
To those who haven't read the book, if you want a movie with action, cgi and stuff without a cohesive story, u will love this movie.