The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

I think the orc in this movie especially in the final battle is too weak like they were being killed so easily and the love triangle was just bad and random, but it is still a great ending of the hobbit trilogy and It's the best out of the other two movies.

 

what's the body count?

 

I'm going to see this tomorrow... looking forward to it .

 

You'd have to have superscript to even guess a number. It's "powers" of numbers. In fact, after the end of the second movie (when Smaug left the mountain) there really isn't a lot of the original book remaining...so the movie fills out the story with extended battle scenes. However, I found them appropriate and interesting to watch. There are some tear-jerkers in the process.

There is also a lovely bit of foreshadowing involving Legolas which sets up major characters in the first Lord Of The Ring movie very nicely. I won't say more to avoid spoilers, but you can't miss it.

I loved the movie. I have been incredibly impressed with the vision that Peter Jackson brought to the six-movie project.

 

I give it a sold "C" in my book. Not as good as the first two, the CG was terrible (copy/paste all over the place, lighting inconsistency, obviously blocking and so on) for a Wingnut/Peter Jackson movie.Still doesn't really follow Tolkien cannon, but that's OK, I expect some artistic interpertation and expression. Some of it just doesn't fit well though and is quite forced. Too much foreshadowing, though some of the cooler "small details" are there (such as the ravens with the dwarves) for some fan service. I'll end up owning the trilogy I'm sure, but I'll wait for it to be on sale in a bargin bin.

 

I just don't know if I can do it. The first two sucked SO bad that I don't know if I can force myself to pay movie theater prices to see it. I will likely wait to rent it.

 

Saw it in 3-D. I dug it.

 

No, you're not a goofball. I simply find the Hobbit movies SO utterly over the top on the all the CGI and additional story elements that it's completely disingenuous to the spirit of the original story. I understand that directors have artistic license when creating film from literature, but Peter Jackson has taken what was already a great story and practically turned it into a Monty Python-esqe parody of itself.

 

Will Peter Jackson start on the Silmarillion next? Or maybe "Farmer Giles of Ham." "The Children of Hurin?" "Roverandam?"

 

Well, they already drew some material from Silmarillion. But I'm pretty sure there's issues with getting movies out of any other Tolkien works.

 

Yeah, The Silmarillion would have a GIGANTIC cast! It would also be about 700 hours long.

 

It's been almost 40 years since I read The Hobbit so I'm probably just misremembering, but I'd swear Tolkien used the phrase "The Battle Of Five Armies", not "The Battle Of The Five Armies" in his original book. Am I confabulating?

 

In Tolkien lore, it is indeed known as Battle of Five Armies.

 

I thought it was good. I fell asleep halfway through the second movie, but that's what happens when I try to watch movies when I'm tired, not because it was bad or anything, and I don't remember much of the first one because that was so long ago. I did have a few "this wasn't in the book!" moments, but, you know, it was a good movie.

 

Me, too! I make no apologies to anyone about that. Those movies are the best visualization of books that I have ever seen. And I'm a bit of a geek about the Tolkien books, having read the trilogy and the Hobbit multiple times.

Those movies are all fantastic. I go to a movie to ENJOY it, not to nitpick and find things about it I don't like. It's all part of the "willing suspension of disbelief" that's an essential part of enjoying any movie.

We're not goofballs, we're going to the movies to be entertained, not to look for blemishes.