I was wrapped in the LotR books (and movies), but the Hobbit didn't do it as much for me, maybe because you can tell it was written for kids. I feel like The Hobbit book has been hyped a lot more than it should have, because of the LotR books and movies tbh.

These Hobbit movies were only ever going to be about setting up the LotR movies, prequel style, and so I came to grips early that they would focus a lot more on that. The moment I saw them focus so much on Legolas (who is kind of in the book, but goes unnamed and features very little) just confirmed for me that I would be in trouble if I focused too much on the book/movie thing.

Even after all the review I've read, I'm still keen to see this last movie (that covers all of about 3-4 chapters of the book, by my memory ).

Btw can someone answer me this - I seem to remember from the book that I was overly confused as to who the "Five Armies" were, because I counted 6 or 7. Who are the five armies?