Didn't for me. Thought the opening was pretty bad. I think almost everything no related to Bilbo and those dwarves should have been scrapped from the film. There's a problem when Luke Evans, the Master of Laketown, his lackey, Thranduil etc are given a lot more focus than half the dwarves. One may say you need a variety in your supporting cast but I felt this should have been an epic scope of a series told from that limited POV.
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