Meh, pardon my negativity but I just can't manage to look forward to this one, no matter how hard I try to. I thought the first movie was great, mostly since the made up parts of the story weren't that apparent, but the second one to me was a big disappointment. The parts that stayed true to the book were too short, and the parts that aren't in the books at all were too long (Azog isn't even alive anymore in the book, darn it!). Also I just can't see how they will fill up an entire movie with such a small part of the book, the actual battle I mean (and so far I've seen way too much of those darn made up elves already). Perhaps I complain too much, but I'm very much against messing with a story like this, especially considering it's popularity. I just can't stop wondering; whyyyyyyyyyy?
Couldn´t agree more with this. I´ll still watch the third film, mainly because I want to see the closure they give to the story, but I´m not very optimistic about it...