Bilbo Baggins’ epic adventure finally comes to a close in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third and final film in Peter Jackson’s series, which is based on the beloved book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers gave the movie only two out of four stars, saying, “In dutifully completing his prequel trilogy to his three-part Lord of the Rings triumph, director Peter Jackson has sadly saved the worst for last.” However, USA Today’s Claudia Puig feels the complete opposite, calling the movie the best out of the three The Hobbit films. Puig gave the movie three out of four stars and called it “an altogether fitting conclusion to the saga of Middle-earth.”
