I wish I could give this movie 5 out of 5 stars. But to me the pivotal point of the book was to give the reader a beautiful storyline, starting off as a merry search for some gold leading up to one of the most enthralling events in Middle Earth history.

But Jackson's interpretation left no breathing space for the characters, throwing them from one action-filled fight into the next one. Even though these scenes were very entertaining and stunningly…