The very first LOTR movie was ok, the extended version better.
The rest, including all the Hobbit, have been horrible.
I just saw the Red Box ‘Desolation of Smaug’ and was underwhelmed. I don’t recall a romance between Killi and Evangeline Lilly’s character (or her character for that matter), the wooden tubs were sealed/the ridiculous fight with the Orcs never happened, where did Legolas come from?, Smaug v. Bilbo was disappointing, yecchhh .....