I am a lifelong Tolkien fanatic and the mere prospect of this film got me excited. For the most part I am very pleased with the film, Roast Mutton was dead on and Riddles in the Dark gave me goosebumps. With the apparent advertisement of Bolg I do have to say I am a little bit disappointed that he was not in this film and the direction that they took Azog, while good, was not at all what I was expecting. I would have preferred this part stay more true to the original text and have Azog lose his head and the tie in with Durin's Bane in Moria be the reason for not returning there, while having Bolg be the main antagonist.
These few thing I wasn't the biggest fan of are not nearly enough for me to say I didn't thoroughly enjoy the film and I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT 2!!!!!
Highlights:
Martin Freeman
Richard Armitage
Riddles in the Dark
References to the Silmarillion (Ungoliant and her spiders)
Ken Stott
James Nesbitt
and of course Sir Ian Mckellen

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