Not sure if this is still on topic as I skipped the last few posts but the reason i think people don't like the second film is the same reason I think the second LOTR will end up being the one people didn't like and you get it a lot in trilogy’s. I think the problem is that in most trilogy’s the second film is more about joining the beginning to the end, the first film to the last film and on it's own this doesn't make for a good film but viewed at the same time as the other two it brings the whole story together.