Well, I figure the whole thing was about the Dwarves, and the finding of the Ring was a vehicle to move the story on to the longer saga. I see it as I think Tolkein meant it to be: A history of a People of Middle Earth, just like The Silmarillion was.
And though I’ve heard mostly not-good reviews of the first two Hobbit movies, while I found them dark, they were interesting from the standpoint of, say, an archeologist? So I want the third movie so I can finish up the entire set.
I did OK through the first two - and not only because of Lilly. But the third one was purely stretching out the story. He was done long before it was over.
However, the HISHE for the 3rd movie was a HOOT!!!