Worth seeing but only once

Rating: 7/10 (31 December 2013)

This movie is just alright. It is most definitely a step up in action from the first hobbit movie but at the cost of character development. I think Jackson has added to many new concepts and therefore spending minimal time on the scenes that drove the hype for this series in the first place. This movie comes no where near the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy but is a decent addition to the "children's movie" hobbit series. I would recommend all Hobbit fans to at least see this movie once. But unlike the Lord of the Rings movies which I have seen countless times I will only watch this movie at most twice. I really hope Jackson can pull it together and make the third film and epic crossover to the Lord of the Rings series.