In the service of transparency, I’m not a fan of the first two films in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. We could go
into greater depth, but that would take a good long while, and I’ve already
detailed my issues elsewhere. I find them tedious and dull and almost
completely lacking in all of the things that make me love J.R.R. Tolkien’s
novel. That said, the latest and final chapter in the franchise, The
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, is not only the best of the
series by a mile, it’s damn entertaining, and a mostly satisfying end to a
troubled, overlong journey.
