Michael Knudsen
This movie went too far... It was battles and crazy action most of the movie hence the title "Battle of Five Armies." It also had many cheesy parts such as Thorin and Ironfoot casually saying hello right in the. middle of battle. In addition, it simply lacked feeling and plot like the Lord of the Rings presented. The Hobbit was overall a big battle with weak storyline. In a way it felt like watching a videogame cinematic, not a well directed movie.This movie just wasn't that great...
可愛い犬
This was a finale and as a finale Jackson done in the past (Return of the King), it should be epic and emotional. However, I didn't get much of that because simply seeing too much actions made my eyes dreary. Unlike the original book, which I enjoyed so much, the Necromancer was portrayed so well but I just wanted more of him. The darkness that laid behind the story was my favorite part because it tied to the LOTR series. Even more, when King Thranduil asked Legolas to find a Ranger in the north, I was filled with relief because the final Hobbit movie became a new stage direction towards LOTR. HOWEVER, the final movie didn't satisfy me as the first one did. It seemed that the Thorin's sickness could be eradicated by saying "I'm not sick anymore." The action sequences were too long and the fact that I wasn't emotionally tied to each dwarves made the death of Kili, Fili, and Thorin less dramatic. The biggest flaw had to be the death of Smaug because the GREAT SMAUG was killed without mounting the black arrow on the windlance. The fact that Smaug's death wasn't a relief made it deeply saddening. I would rate this movie no more than a 3 stars.
Luke Primo
Personally I don't mind the extra side plots peter added into the hobbit. I loved both lotr and hobbit the books and I also love the movies equally also. The side plots in no way ruin the main plot which is great. Personally I think they enhance the story in a way. The love between kili and tauriel helps show the relationship between elves and dwarves which is a theme in the hobbit since they don't get along very well. Azog acts like a secondary antagonist and I think it is good they added him because Thorin doesn't necessarily get a final showdown or battle in the book other than a brief explanation of him getting shot down by arrows. I like the sense of vengeance thorin has to achieve which contributes to his motivation to join his friends in battle. It also adds more of a threat for the other movies since in the book thorin doesn't really have a huge threat to look out for during the quest. Finally the dol Gul dur story. In the book gandalf does leave but we don't know where he went as it is never expanded upon in hobbit. So in the movie it is expanded upon which is good since that did actually happen as explained in other books.