A good movie

I already saw this movie, I even saw it in the movie theater when it was released, but since I just bought an awesome brand new TV, I thought I might as well check it out again. On top of that, I just bought the Extended edition on Blu-ray. Back then, the first time I saw the damned thing, I really thought that, at last, we were done with Middle-Earth. I know, it might sound as if I didn't like this movie but the point was that I definitely had some mixed feelings about it. 2 years before, when I went to see the first installment of this new trilogy, I was actually really excited. Indeed, after 10 long years, we were allowed once again to go to this fascinating world and, this time, I was going to see those movies with my (now ex-)wife and two oldest kids. Unfortunately, it became clear at some point that this new tale would never reach the same level of awesomeness. The main issue was that this story was never meant to be so epic, it was supposed to be a cute children tale, a warm-up, before the massive 'The Lord of the Rings' but Peter Jackson really insisted that these prequels should be just as epic so he stretched them just way too much. Still, I thought it really looked gorgeous though and even though many complained about the 3D HFR, I thought it worked really well and I think it actually enhanced the fairy tale quality of this flick. In this case, after Smaug gets killed, the whole thing basically turned out to be pretty much a very long battle but it was still quite entertaining thanks to Peter Jackson's amazing visual style. I have to admit that, when I finally re-watched it for the first time 10 years later, I was surprised by how little I was impressed by the whole thing this time around. Anyway, to conclude, after this re-watch, I did lower my rating after all because it was a little bit generous but I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.