Augen on 23 December 2013
I have mixed feelings on the film. For everything I enjoyed, there was a negative as well. At this point I can spot "Jackson wanted that" in terms of changes or additions. Overall it was okay, but I could see someone re-edit all three films down into an interesting version (roughly 4 hours) with so much excess cut off.
On Tauriel, part of me goes "Who is this? Why is she here? What is this romance sub plot nonsense?" and other part goes "Female elf with auburn hair? Jackson reading into my subconscious desires here?"
