The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
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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.
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... Gandalf the Grey
... Bilbo Baggins
... Thorin Oakenshield
... Legolas
... Tauriel
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As there was not much more to be told from the end of the previous movie, just assist to more than 2h of continuous battle.
Quite pointless, but you may enjoy the action if that is what you were looking for ...
Director:
Writer:
J. R. R. Tolkien (Novel)
Peter Jackson (Screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (Screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (Screenplay)
Fran Walsh (Screenplay)
Release Date:
2014-12-10
Run Time:
144 min
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
Reviews of
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
As there was not much more to be told from the end of the previous movie, just assist to more than 2h of continuous battle.
Quite pointless, but you may enjoy the action if that is what you were looking for ...
The Lord of The Rings are still occupying the three top places of my top ten movies list. Needless to say I am a fan of Tolkien and his Middle Earth fantasy story. I never felt that The Hobbit series could match the original trilogy but then much of the story in The Hobbit is not really Tolkien’s but produced by Hollywood scriptwriters to embellish the story enough to fill three movies. It is not a bad attempt by any means (for being a Hollywood one) but it does not really reach the heights of The Lord of The Rings.
Still, I quite liked these movies. They are good adventure, fantasy, special effects movies. Thus it saddened me when I went to IMDb and the first things I saw was a bunch of people shouting crap and giving it one star reviews. That is just so much rubbish. This is the third movie and it is not vastly different from the others. If you disliked the first ones so much why go and see this one? Also, the harping about not following the book. At this point that is a nonsense argument. It was fairly obvious that it was not going to follow the book in detail when it was announced that there were going to be three movies and if you did not get it then then you should have gotten it from the other two movies. One star ratings looks more like trolling to me.
Anyway, back to the movie itself. I definitely liked this movie better than the second one. It was on par with the first one for me. There was less silly stuff, less stuff that just felt like fillers and the special effects were generally good.
The story and the implementation is, as I wrote, less filled with fillers as the last movie. At least from my point of view. Still though, the story is not at all up to the standard of the original Tolkien works. It shows that it is a Hollywood product that favors effects and quantity before depth and quality. The battle at the end was epic but at the same time somewhat nonsensical in how people ran back and forth clobbering people and beasts right left and center. I did quite like the ramming troll though.
I have to say that I did not like that weasel Alfrid. Sure he was meant to be disliked but he got tiresome rather quickly. He could have been left out after being pushed into the water as far as I am concerned. After that I just got annoyed every time he appeared and I got especially annoyed by the fact that everyone, even Gandalf, seemed to trust him to actually do what he was told. I was hoping all the way to the finishing scenes that he would meet a gruesome end.
On the whole I definitely liked this movie. It had a “Tolkienesque” athmosphere, decent acting, decent story and loads and loads of special effects. Even though it does not reach the heights of The Lord of The Rings it is definitely great entertainment for the fantasy, not to mention special effects, lovers.
Comparing the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and the _Hobbit_ trilogy was already like comparing apples and mediocre oranges, but none so mediocre as _Battle of the Five Armies_. Don't get me wrong, I love a "battle" as much as the next guy, more maybe, I don't even mind a movie that's 95% battle, but in this? It does. Not. Work.
_Five Armies_ is a movie that never made it out of pre-viz, let alone to a polished, well-rounded, final cut. I enjoy it to some degree when running through a Middle-Earth marathon as a whole, but only when the group I'm with will let me roll my eyes and complain about it.
_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
Exactly what it says on the tin - to a fault.
Don't get me wrong, I like it. However, towards the end 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' definitely begins to drag quite heavily - the impact of what eventually happens did not, to be honest, hit as strongly as it could've/should've. The pure action is good, but there's not much to remember about everything else.
None of the characters, with the exception of Richard Armitage (Thorin) and Luke Evans (Bard) I guess, stand out amidst the wall-to-wall battle. Martin Freeman (Bilb), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) & Co. are are of little importance really, which is a shame.
'The Hobbit' series, unfortunately, gets inferior as it goes by. Loved the first film, enjoyed the second but this third installment - while passable - leaves me with a feeling of wanting something else from it. Happy to have watched them though, I'd still recommend them for sure.
Cast & Crew of
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Cast
... Gandalf the Grey
... Bilbo Baggins
... Thorin Oakenshield
... Legolas
... Tauriel
... Bard
... King Thranduil
... Smaug / Sauron (voice)
... Balin
... Kili
... Fili
... Dain Ironfoot
... Dwalin
... Bofur
... Master of Laketown
... Alfrid
... Galadriel
... Old Bilbo Baggins
... Saruman the White
... Elrond
... Beorn
... Radagast the Brown
... Gloin
... Oin
... Dori
... Nori
... Bifur
... Bombur
... Ori
... Bain
... Azog the Defiler
... Bolg
... Sigrid
... Tilda
... Soury
... Braga
... Hilda Bianca
... Percy
... Feren
... Keeper of the Dungeons
... Ragash
... Olga
... Astrid
... Lobelia Sackville Baggins
... Otho Sackville Baggins
... Master Worrywort
... Tosser Grubb
... Ragash (voice)
... Creature Voices (voice)
... Creature Voices (voice)
... Creature Voices (voice)
... Creature Voices (voice)
... Creature Voices (voice)
... Old man in laketown
... Laketowner (uncredited)
... Laketowner (uncredited)
... Old Gammidge (uncredited)
... Laketown Refugee (uncredited)
... Girl in Laketown (uncredited)
... Painting of Bungo Baggins (uncredited)
... Laketown Refugee (uncredited)
... Laketown Refugee (uncredited)
... Somber villager (uncredited)
Crew
... Editor
... Director
... Novel
... Sound Recordist
... Makeup & Hair
... Original Music Composer
... Producer
... Casting
... Producer
... Casting
... Executive Producer
... Director of Photography
... Casting
... Producer
... Production Design
... Producer
... Co-Producer
... Casting
... Casting
... Lighting Artist
... Visual Effects
... Conceptual Design
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Hairstylist
... Set Designer
... Foley
... Sound Effects Editor
... Set Decoration
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Art Department Coordinator
... Costume Design
... Makeup Department Head
... Art Direction
... Costume Design
... Greensman
... Set Designer
... Animation Director
... Makeup Artist
... Greensman
... Hairstylist
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Set Decoration
... Set Decoration
... Assistant Art Director
... Costume Design
... Greensman
... Sound Effects Editor
... Conceptual Design
... CG Supervisor
... Assistant Art Director
... Scenic Artist
... Sound Effects Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... First Assistant Sound Editor
... Sound Effects Editor
... Animation Production Assistant
... Visual Effects Editor
... Greensman
... Leadman
... CG Supervisor
... CG Supervisor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Music Editor
... Sound Designer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Sequence Supervisor
... VFX Supervisor
... Gaffer
... Location Manager
... Still Photographer
... Dialect Coach
... Still Photographer
... Unit Publicist
... Conceptual Design
... Sound Designer
... Animation Director
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Camera Operator
... Dialect Coach
... Conceptual Design
... Set Designer
... CG Supervisor
... Animation Director
... Rigging Gaffer
... Set Designer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Sequence Supervisor
... Animation Supervisor
... Set Costumer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... VFX Supervisor
... Location Manager
... Animation Supervisor
... Music Editor
... Set Costumer
... Animation Director
... Animation Director
... Sequence Supervisor
... CG Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Visual Effects Editor
... Visual Effects Editor
... VFX Supervisor
... Animation Director
... Animation Manager
... Set Costumer
... First Assistant Editor
... Stunts
... VFX Artist
... Stunts
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Supervising Art Director
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Visual Effects Designer
... Dialogue Editor
... Dialogue Editor
... Dialogue Editor
... Property Master
... Screenplay
... Screenplay
... ADR Editor
... Screenplay
... Screenplay
... ADR Supervisor
... First Assistant Director
... Dialogue Editor
... Second Unit Director
... Sound Recordist
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Stunts
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects
... Senior Animator
... Animation
... Stunts
... Costume Assistant
... Layout
... Sculptor
... Sculptor
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Makeup Designer
... Hair Designer
... Stunts
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