Watched it yesterday. Nice music, nice tone to it. Some needed violence (very minor- beheading goblins). That epic dwarf song is still automatically repeating in my head till now.

I didn't once feel the long runtime. I wished it was longer, tbh.

Last but not least, Gandalf is casting more spells that he did in LOTR. And the same plot hole as many claimed..

"Why not just use the eagles through out the journey?"

For non readers, it's normal to have this thought. I'm not a reader myself but I did myself some researches.

"The lord of the eagles saves Bilbo and the dwarves because Gandalf had saved his life when he had been injured by an arrow. It was just a favor to return the debt, they're not servants, they're not horses or carriers."