The Hobbit Trilogy: 10 Worst CGI Moments

Part of the reason the Hobbit trilogy was such a let down was due to the inexplicably bad decisions made about what to include. The Battle of the Five Armies dragged on with tedious action sequences, featuring among other things: elven acrobatics, killer mountain goats and ice skating dwarves. At times it felt as though Jackson was desperately throwing enough s**t at the wall in the hopes that something would stick.

But he had all the makings of a great sequence in Tolkien's original writing. One of the most memorable figures in the books is the skin-changer Beorn. He assists the dwarves before they enter Mirkwood and later turns up at the battle, saving Thorin, killing Bolg and helping win the day. There was a lot to work with.

Jackson hired the perfect actor to play the character in Mikael Persbrandt, and supposedly spent months painstakingly developing his look. So why the hell did he barely use him? The only call-back we got was right at the end of the third movie, in the tacky moment in which the Eagles airdrop the character - like some Middle-earth, Call of Duty care package. It was a throwaway moment which had no significance, other than to waste a great character.