It’s getting close to shark jumping time. Jackson presents a hunky Thoren, and seems one blandishments away from adding Ewoks. Jar-Jar, the Goblin King indeed.
I agree with you about the Golbin King. I had to rationalize that one a bit. The Hobbit was written as a children's story, early in Tolkein's career and long before LOTR was published. The story got darker as Tolkein developed it. A lighter touch in The Hobbit follows Tolkein's creative arc, but it's jarring if one has seen LOTR first.
I still didn't like the Goblin King, though.