I only have one sentence concerning The Battle of Five Armies:
Every possible scene was ruined, even if it started well.
This rant sums up my whole Hobbit experience:Every part of the movie is over-exaggerated to the point that it's unconvincing. Too many over-the-top scenes and deal-braking changes were made (at least IMO).
CGI was overly abused and ended up looking worse than LotR in some parts (released more than a decade ago).
The whole Hobbit experience was quite dissapointing for me. Especially because I've had and treasured the book since my childhood.
And after LotR I expected so much more...
Maybe I was just expecting too much, but the Hobbit fails to capture my attention.
I simply can't see past it's constant flaws.
The part which made me especially nervous is when Fíli and Kíli die before Thorin. They should have died protecting mortally wounded Thorin in the thick of the fight.
In my point of view, the movie was robbed of it's strongest and rawest scene.
Sure, LotR had some similar changes too, but they haven't felt that wrong...
Theoden being killed by a Nazgul and Eowyn standing besides his crushed body instead of Eomer, Elves defending Hornburg, Aragorn/Arwen romance scenes (which weren't over the top and fit nicely into the story)...
The third part of the Hobbit didn't follow the book at all.
I've never been so disappointed by a movie in my life... But in life there's a first time for everything. It's too bad that it had to be the Hobbit.
Having a LotR marathon at least once every year has been my long tradition and I was hoping to include three more movies in it...
But I'm afraid that I won't be watching them again. Once was more than enough.
Rare parts that I liked:- The first two movies at least followed the story for the most part
- Bilbo was well portrayed
- I liked how Thorin and Balin were portrayed
- Giant spiders of Mirkwood
- Dwarven armours (not the company, though) and phalanxes
- The encounter with Gollum was perfect
- Silvan armours (palace guards especially)
- Goblins and their armory (as always)
- Erebor architecture and design
- Dol Gudur architecture
- The part in which Thorin sallies out (ruined immediately afterwards by them not wearing their new armor as in the book)
- LotR reference on the end