I've been sort of reserving thoughts on it, because I saw it in 48fps 3D and that just never looked/felt right, to the extent that it sort of overwhelmed every other impression I had. I kind of want to see it again in another format to see if my reaction was just a knee-jerk response to it not being what I'm used to or something I truly didn't like.
(On the plus side, the clarity was stunning, better than I've ever seen in non-native-IMAX 3D; it's got shots that I suspect would be blurred to heck on other formats. It is, at the very least, interesting tech!)
But... I don't really see myself wanting to give three hours to this movie again. As much as I kind of liked the more kid-friendly vibe, which is appropriate given the source material, it just seems too spread out, especially with the very late-in-the-game decision to make three movies instead of two (which I gather had to be accomplished in the editing room rather than in the screenplay).
To be fair: I'm no particular fan of swords & sorcery, and my resentment at how much of Peter Jackson's career these midget movies have consumed is only amplified by the fact that when Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch were working on these, they weren't making
Sherlock, which is obviously much more important.