While clearly not as good as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I did enjoy The Hobbit trilogy, even though I think it relied way too much on CGI. Bilbo Baggins is recruited by Gandalf and a group of dwarves to travel to the Lonely Mountains to reclaim the treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. There’s no reason why this adaptation needed to be three movies, but money is money, and New Line knew they could profit from dragging the story out.