I liked the first one. Well, except for the goblin town nonsense. Worst CGI of the series.
The second one was bad. I mean, it's in the book sure, but Lake Town feels tagged on and without purpose. And the "love plot" between the handsome dwarf and Kate from Lost was sooo forced. I HATE it when in the movies two people catch each other's glance and they're forever in love.
The third one is just mediocrity. They do away with Smaug in 5 minutes. Again, that's what the book says, but with all the crap they added to the story, they could have given that glorious dragon a better part in the film. Then it's 30 minutes of bad survivor soap opera. They somehow still manage to rush the whole drama that's happening inside the mountain. And then a boring battle.
My favorite line: "Watch out, there's a hundred Orcs coming our way. The two of us will take care of them, you go ahead."
Yeah, I'm biting my nails.
The Orcs manage to almost overwhelm the dwarf army with hundreds of dwarves, until the dirty dozen from the mountain joins the fight. That turns the battle. Sure.
