Peter Jackson’s Movies Ranked As Per Their Average Metacritic And Rotten Tomatoes Scores

Peter Jackson is known for films such as Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit trilogy, King Kong, and others. His filmography goes way beyond realistic cinema and catalysts pretty much everything from raunchy thrillers to horror entities.

Originated from New Zealand, director Peter Jackson got his recognition post drafting and bringing The Lord of the Rings trilogy on screen. However, it is quite absurd to believe that the person who has directed some of the classics of all time have had sourced some of the wildest genres films as well in past. With that being said, here is a list of Peter Jackson’s movies ranked as per their average Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores –

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

The viewers were pretty much fatigued with the Hobbit movies by the time The Battle of the Five Armies landed the theaters. While the charm of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel wasn’t over then, this middle-earth film got a rating of 59% on Rotten Tomatoes. On the other hand, the film somewhat received a similar score (59%) on Metacritic as well. With that being said, many famous critics, including Leonard Maltin, echoed some positive reviews about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Maltin said that it is perhaps one of the most exciting hand-to-hand combat movies he has ever seen getting portrayed on screen.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Peter Jackson’s return with An Unexpected Journey had quite some expectations attached to it. But apparently, when the film showed up on the big screen, the critics were not as happy as they were supposed to be. Perhaps that is why the film received a kind of a mixed review and a Metacritic score of 58% and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 64%. Moreover, the film was released with a 48fps and in a 3-dimensional frame that pretty much distracted the viewers from even enjoying the best parts of the narration. Some high-profile critics such as A.O. Scott remarked the film as “over-scaled.”

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

The Desolation of Smaug is perhaps the highest-rated Hobbit film. The reason behind this included the improved action sequels and the confrontation between Smaug and Bilbo Baggins. With that being said, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has received tons of positive reviews with a Metacritic score of 66% and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 74%. As a result, it was one of the biggest cliffhangers delivered on screen and it was Peter Jackson who catalyzed the task.

King Kong

After The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy, Jackson was quite free to draft whatever he wanted and he showed up with the remake of 1933’s classic movie, King Kong. While the audiences didn’t like the film because of its 3-hour runtime, King Kong managed to get a Metacritic score of 81% and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 84%.