I feel weird. I like the Hobbit movies, yet I feel like the fact that I like them is making Tolken roll in his grave. And unlike Lord of the Rings, I actually read the Hobbit in middle school. More times than I could count. I loved the shit out of it. I like the Hobbit movies but...it should've been one movie, two short movies tops, and I feel like maybe we could've benefited from a bit of a lighter tone. Don't get me wrong, some changes I like. The Dwarves actually having a plan to kill Smough as opposed to them realizing when they get there that they took thirteen dwarves and a Hobbit to fight a Dragon that burned two kingdoms to the ground when he was a teenager without a god damn clue of what they were doing. I get that Tolken might be pointing out that people do stupid things when it comes to money, but considering that everyone still got money in the end, even Bilbo a little, it rings a wee bit hollow. Also Gandalf leaving the party because HOLY SHIT NAZGUAL and actually trying to meet up with the Dwarves as opposed to "here's Mirkwood, have fun jackasses." And fleshing out the Dwarves? Perfectly fine with that. In the book the only one I remember getting any character besides Thorin was Bombur. And his character was basically "the fat guy."
Some changes felt unnecessary though. Like the Orcs. Azog was kind of cool, but I feel like it would've been cooler if he was on his own or leading a small pack of dedicated followers as opposed to trying to tie everything to the Lord of the Rings and making him a vanguard of Sauron. Not to mention Sauron is so OBVIOUSLY coming back with all the orcs running around here that you think everyone would've been running around in a panic in the Lord of the Rings Action scenes were a little too much too, after awhile the Orcs just stop feeling like a threat. It's one thing with the tiny goblins who clearly would have to rely on numbers, but the Orcs of Mordor? Or wherever it is they're from? Get out of here.
So...really complicated feelings.