I still say the main problem with the Hobbit trilogy was they rushed 2 and especially 3. If they had given Jackson a year between 2 and 3 I think both would have been much better movies. Forcing that yearly release date really hurt them by the time they got to part 3 because they just did not have enough time to polish the film. The FX especially looked lackluster in part 3 and that was all because of it being so rushed.