Saw it. Very average, only a shadow of the quality of the Lord of the Rings. Too long, too much cheesy CGI (really, Azog looked like an action figure), too much exposition and boring parts, too many kiddy/cartoony characters (the trolls, the fat goblin king dude, Radagast, half the dwarves are just vehicles for gas jokes). And they're obviously stretching it out far too long.
The best parts were the ones that connected to the trilogy, like the Gollum parts. And Martin Freeman and Ian McKellan were great.
But seriously, the damn eagles? Why don't they just use them for everything? It's the deus ex machina of Middle Earth :P
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