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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Directed by Peter Jackson

Fantasy | Adventure | Epic

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, ashe5k, DaNiedabaya, sleestakk, seanCduregger, Angjonesy, Javitron

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 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Went on Christmas Eve to watch with Gavin’s friend Zaven and his mom. Saw it in 3D in Dolby Atmos, but no 48 FPS thankfully. Actually the 3D felt fine for this one, so no real complaints there.

I liked this one better than The Desolation of Smaug, and perhaps better than the first as well (though I need to re-watch since I saw it in 3D 48FPS which pretty well ruined the movie for me).

As a whole this trilogy has felt forced and unnatural (as in some of the CGI doesn’t get you to suspend your disbelief); like an epic that isn’t. And really it isn’t. The Hobbit, to me, was always a smaller prelude to the momentous stuff that happens in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was always meant to be a more personal story and create a solid connection between the Hobbits and the destiny of the ring.

Frankly, I’m just happy this stuff is done and I hope that Jackson will now go on to make some original films.

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