Well, Just got back from the showing, and I have to see I was quite happy with it. I think I saw it just in time as there were only 4 other people in the theater besides my Wife and me. It might be gone next week, as it is now it is only showing twice in non-3D and twice in 3D per day.
I think the only thing I didnt like was The Goblin King, voice seemed wrong, size was ridiculous, and some of his dialogue was the worst in the movie.
Loved Radaghast, think he may have been my fave part of the movie.
I liked all the appendice additions as well. The tone also fit well with Lord of the Rings.
Some changes really stuck out, like the end battle in the tree, if memory serves, Thorin never walked from the tree to attack the Orcs. I could be wrong, since the last time I read it was almost 20 years ago.
Did they remove Beorn from the movie? Or does he appear later on? I would think since they split this into three movies, there would be ample time for each and every scene from the book.
All in all, it was fun, not as gripping as any of the LOTR films, but I'm okay with that.
8.0/10
Edit~ Just checked IMDB and it appears Beorn is in the second movie.
