The Hobbit films on their own and in conjunction with the LOTR films are perfectly decent films. It's just considering the massive deviations from the source material that's the problem- tonally and with the added scenes.
But I do see some similarities to the PT, but mostly in throwing in poorly done fan service- "OOH LOOK IT'S LEGOLAS AND HE THINKS GIMLI IS UGLY REMEMBER ALL THOSE SHENANIGANS FROM LORD OF THE RINGS?" is comparable to 3PO being built by Anakin.