As the better paced of the Hobbit films, does the trilogy go out with a bang?

The usual stunning cinematography is coupled with superb acting from the entire cast, while the film also has great pace compared to its predecessors, and even though I knew what was going to happen from reading the book - the film still managed to make me emotional and make the ending extremely hard hitting.

In particular, a scene at the end of the film - between Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) left the whole cinema watery eyed. Both actors were astounding at that point, really putting everything into their last scene together. For me this was the best part of the film. Armitage and Freeman worked so well together, that throughout the film, along with the script, they really managed to show the audience a new side to the relationship that had formed between their characters - one that I didn't get from the book.

The cast managed to outdo themselves - and even though Freeman as Bilbo Baggins did not get enough screentime - his talent still shone through to make the end of Baggins' story memorable and emotional. Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, Aidan Turner as Kili, and Evangeline Lilly as the elf Tauriel were also particularly astounding in their roles, and again, nearly bought me to tears on many occasions.

So even though the final Hobbit film does have its flaws: a few key moments were changed from the book that shouldn't have been, and the final battle went on a little too long, to the extent that a few people in the cinema even began sighing - I still believe that the Hobbit trilogy was given a good farewell with 'Battle of the Five Armies'.

My score: 7/10.