I often take a film with a pinch of salt, such as the previous two Hobbit movies and Transformers films, all of which I enjoyed to various extents. The Battle of Five Armies had so much salt on it that I was concerned I may vomit.

Smaug was cool. I liked Smaug. Bilbo was, as ever, pretty freakin' great and I felt he was portrayed excellently when compared with the book.

Things that broke all immersion and had Danielle and I looking at each other, cringing or rolling our eyes...
- Any "Is he dead? OH NO HE ISN'T" moment.
- Legolas rock-climbing.
- Legolas auditioning for the WWE.
- Dain
- That guy who left us to die for most of the battle suddenly is here! Now we can win!
- Fili + Kili deaths. Not the method of death, but the reasoning and location. Mostly for Kili, because of the next point.
- The Tauriel + Kili LoveLove Moments
- Gandalf and Bilbo laughing up immediately after mourning.
- The Three vs. The Nine.

Probably more, but that's just from memory. Everything was either dragged on too long or was cut entirely or was just really badly done.

So yeah, in the end Danielle and I left the film blinking about how bad it was. And I had read nothing of what anyone had said about the film before then, because I hate living off the opinion of others. No, we made up our own mind and it's a relief that we aren't alone in our thinking. Yet, somehow, this film has a 7.8/10 rating on IMDb and I'm a bit about that.