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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Directed by Peter Jackson
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Overview
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor’s mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo’s hands.
Rated PG-13 | Length 144 minutes
Actors
Ian McKellen | Martin Freeman | Richard Armitage | Orlando Bloom | Evangeline Lilly | Luke Evans | Lee Pace | Benedict Cumberbatch | Ken Stott | Aidan Turner | Dean O'Gorman | Billy Connolly | Graham McTavish | James Nesbitt | Stephen Fry | Ryan Gage | Cate Blanchett | Ian Holm | Christopher Lee | Hugo Weaving | Mikael Persbrandt | Sylvester McCoy | Peter Hambleton | John Callen | Mark Hadlow | Jed Brophy | William Kircher | Stephen Hunter | Adam Brown | John Bell | Manu Bennett | John Tui | Peggy Nesbitt | Mary Nesbitt | Kelly Kilgour | Mark Mitchinson | Sarah Peirse | Nick Blake | Simon London | Conan Stevens | Allan Smith | Miranda Harcourt | Thomasin McKenzie | Erin Banks | Brian Hotter | Timothy Bartlett | Mervyn Smith | Martin Kwok | Dee Bradley Baker | Olof Johnsson | Jon Olson | Otep Shamaya | Debra Wilson | Abraham Wream | Jack Binding | Terry Binding | Stephen Gledhill | Billy Jackson | Katie Jackson | Peter Jackson | Terry Notary | Vanessa Cater | Jacob Tomuri
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/17/2015 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 4 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
Peter Jackson’s elongated Hobbit trilogy concludes. While I think a lot of this was added in to simply tie it into the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it did at least deal with some of the issues I had with the book, mainly where Gandalf went when they really could have used him, you know, for the danger. This was definitely sniffly especially if you got tied into the characters through the other films, but because of some of the things they did with Thorin in the other two films, his changes at the beginning feel forced even with the simple explanation they give. It just didn’t feel handled all that well. The rest of the film was all the action spectacle I expected it to be after the amazing battles we got in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and even flashes here and there in the other films in this trilogy. By no means a perfect adaptation, but definitely a fun one.
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