I feel like they rushed past the different locales in the beginning and just kinda had very little happen in laketown and the mountain at the end. Also I don't know if this film had to end on such a cliffhanger. I thought the first one ended on the perfect note with them making it out of the Misty Mountains.

The over the top action can be a bit much and it almost turned me off of RotK last time I watched it. But I'm satisfied with Jackson's departures because, unlike the liberties they take in Game of Thrones, the original stuff is still fun to watch and overall well done. The chase scenes are starting to get repetitive but they're still so incredibly choreographed I really don't care.