The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

I got around to seeing the final Hobbit movie EVER (I'm doubting that). It's at the cheap seats, so it worked out perfectly. The film picks up where the Desolation of Smaug ended, with Smaug (a dragon) destroying a city. I'm going to save the backstory and just say the dwarves take over their ancient castle that Smaug was occupying. The treasure makes the King (Thorin) lose his mind. Bilbo hides the "Arkin (Alan?) Stone" from Thorin because he's certain it won't help him be any less crazy. An army of Elves lines up outside the castle because there are ancient stones that belong to them. The people from the city Smaug laid waste to also lineup for money that was promised to them by Thorin. An army of orcs show up out of nowhere to really fuck things up and more dwarves come to make this thing a complete shit-show. The last solid hour is just epic CGI battles, which I'm a sucker for. The movie helps define certain parts of the LoTR trilogy that helped me understand some of the backstory a lot better. Bottom Line: 8.3 out of 10. I really enjoyed this movie, especially on the big screen. The CGI is impeccable as always and I'm a sucker for EPIC battle scenes. Needless to say if you liked LoTR and the other 2 Hobbit movies, you're going to like this one as well. Shockingly astute, I know.