I still need to the (2/seco)nd one! Argh!

The should have killed the dragon in the 2nd film. The third film will be tonnes of animated fight scenes with Legolas confused about how he got shoehorned into a story he was never a part of. But it'll be fun to watch.

Oh look, a three hour epic based on roughly two paragraphs in the best book ever written that has nothing to do with fighting a dragon or armies at all!

Not even gonna watch the trailer.

Honestly, you really don't. I tolerated the first one but the second one put me off the whole trilogy completely. It's just such a bloated attempt at a cash-grab by making three movies instead of the one they should have done it in. Terrible acting and terrible story-telling. The action is decent but the CG is kinda in-your-face and pulls you out with lots of "that's totally green-screened" moments.

I was originally on board with the idea of expanding the Hobbit to fill in the back story of Lord of the Rings. I always thought it was odd that Tolkien just threw in this world shatteringly important event that happens off page.

But so far the two movies have been disappointing. Too long and too many improbable chase scenes. The whole pointless "dwarves vs Smaug" fight scene was just awful.

Holmes and Watson were decent enough in their scenes, but yeah, there was just way too much filler.

Anyone else notice that Middle Earth doesn't seem to believe in railings?

I would watch this if only Liv Tyler were speaking her beautiful Elvish into my soul: