The good: Still feels like the previous movies. Smaug. New beautiful sets.
The bad: The comic relief goes way too far. Some parts resemble Asterix and Obelix and just feel wrong. Still no dwarf charisma apart from Thorin. Legolas and his GF behave like teenagers rather than ancient elves. The lord of Laketown is even worse than the goblin king. Gandalf's added detours are not explained within the movie and very confusing for people who haven't read the book. Completely pointless last 15 minutes (Peter added something extremely stupid, which makes a certain dragon look really dumb. No end to speak of, no climax. The Two Towers had a very decent ending compared to this mess. There was apparent confusions in the cinema when the titles appeared.
The bad: The comic relief goes way too far. Some parts resemble Asterix and Obelix and just feel wrong. Still no dwarf charisma apart from Thorin. Legolas and his GF behave like teenagers rather than ancient elves. The lord of Laketown is even worse than the goblin king. Gandalf's added detours are not explained within the movie and very confusing for people who haven't read the book. Completely pointless last 15 minutes (Peter added something extremely stupid, which makes a certain dragon look really dumb. No end to speak of, no climax. The Two Towers had a very decent ending compared to this mess. There was apparent confusions in the cinema when the titles appeared.