The Return of the Fluff King

Rating: 7/10 (16 August 2015)

I've changed my review after having watched The Hobbit all the way through on all three installments. I sat down on a Saturday afternoon and watched them together finishing later in the evening.
While I still enjoy the cinematography, the makeup, FX, costumes and the acting, I enjoy the direction less. I'm less enthusiastic of the added excessive fluff to the story so they could stretch it out over the three installments to make more money.
The entire Trilogy could have been edited down to (2) movies with (3) hours each. The fluff could all be thrown out and it wouldn't hurt the trilogy at all. I'd love to see some one edit the (9) hours down to (3) or (4) hours, much like The Phantom Edit did for The Phantom Menace.
7/10 is my new rating for this movie and the other installments.