The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

[ClaireB76]

Just watched this movie and I loved it! huge Tolkien fan anyway, but I was a little disappointed by the first film. That said, this film really was good, fast paced and fantastic effects. You honestly won't realise the film lasted way over 2 hours

I also loved Lee Pace's portrayal of Thranduil ...wow, so good. Seriously though, well worth a watch!

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[mjs9153]

 

[Grandpa]

Just watched this movie and I loved it! huge Tolkien fan anyway, but I was a little disappointed by the first film. That said, this film really was good, fast paced and fantastic effects. You honestly won't realise the film lasted way over 2 hours

I also loved Lee Pace's portrayal of Thranduil ...wow, so good. Seriously though, well worth a watch!

Good to hear this. I kinda liked the first film but was also kinda disappointed - in fact, I snoozed off during part of it. I was expecting LOTR-type drama and style, and it just wasn't there for me. That alone kept me from watching the second one. But now I'm kinda interested in this one. Good to hear this one went better.

 

[ClaireB76]

Cynic!

 

[Neil W]

10 years ago I received a series of beautifully ornate cake tins at Christmas, and each one contained a gorgeous, rich, fruity Christmas cake, exquisitely iced, melt-in-the-mouth tasty, and hugely satisfying.

For the last 3 years, I have received a series of beautifully ornate cake tins at Christmas, and each one contains a packet of Jaffa Cakes. Beautifully iced, admittedly, and I like Jaffa Cakes and all, but still...

 

[GNTLGNT]

Cynic!

...Don't forget pessimist!...I'm the worst of the worst....a cynical pessimist....

 

[GNTLGNT]

10 years ago I received a series of beautifully ornate cake tins at Christmas, and each one contained a gorgeous, rich, fruity Christmas cake, exquisitely iced, melt-in-the-mouth tasty, and hugely satisfying.

For the last 3 years, I have received a series of beautifully ornate cake tins at Christmas, and each one contains a packet of Jaffa Cakes. Beautifully iced, admittedly, and I like Jaffa Cakes and all, but still...

 

[misery chastain loves co.]

I enjoyed these but I enjoyed the LOTR trilogy much better. When watching those I wasn't looking at my watch(which I don't even wear) but during these I was hoping they would speed it up a tad. I found myself thinking they could cut about an hour from each film. That being said, they were still a decent ride and the action in the final one was on pace. Speaking of Pace, I'm with you Claire.

 

[Grandpa]

...Don't forget pessimist!...I'm the worst of the worst....a cynical pessimist....

CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

- The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

 

[GNTLGNT]

CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

- The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

....I've been called many things-but I really like "blackguard"....and Bierce is dead-on with his definition....

 

[CriticAndProud]

I saw it last night, and it was .... alright.

Pros:
Acting was good, Martin Freeman was fantastic as Bilbo.

Seeing

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Saruman

in combat was cool.

Some (not all) of the battle scenes were well done.

Cons:
To me, the dwarf characters became largely unsympathetic. I was really hoping

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the elves and the humans would wipe them out. I mean, how many people died just because a bunch of dwarves decided to go and poke a dragon ? Thousands maybe?

Legolas =

His antics broke my willing suspension of disbelief about 10 times over. The part where he defied gravity by

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running up some falling bricks

caused much of the attending audience to begin laughing, moaning, or both.

 

[FlakeNoir]

I'm going to the flicks this afternoon to see this. Will report back later. (Probably, I'm so forgetful these days. )

 

[FlakeNoir]

Okay... first: the tribute to the cast and crew at the beginning of the movie almost moved me to tears--this is my home land and I just felt incredibly connected.

The movie: I enjoyed the majority of it, okay there was a piece that I first dozed through and then fell properly asleep, but to be fair, I have a huge sleep deficit and was sitting near the front of the cinema so was tired anyway from having to look up at an unnatural angle.

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(It was during the bit where Thorin found out that Bilbo had the Arkenstone--I have no idea what happened there.

I enjoyed almost all of the fight scenes but agree with Cappy above about Legolas and his gravity defying thing.. also, did anyone else think that...

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Thorin was a dumbass for thinking that he was safe once Azog went into the ice? Well duh... *sigh*

There was a lot of sadness toward the end...

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Kili, Fili and Thorin... they were sad scenes, when Tauriel was holding Kili after his death and said "If this is love, then I don't want it! Why does it hurt so much?!" My eyes filled up and I just said "yar..."

I felt sad coming out of the movie because these 6 movies from Peter have meant a lot for my country and it is hard to let go... I said to one of my boys when we were walking away, "thank God we still live in Middle Earth."

 

[mjs9153]

Okay... first: the tribute to the cast and crew at the beginning of the movie almost moved me to tears--this is my home land and I just felt incredibly connected.

The movie: I enjoyed the majority of it, okay there was a piece that I first dozed through and then fell properly asleep, but to be fair, I have a huge sleep deficit and was sitting near the front of the cinema so was tired anyway from having to look up at an unnatural angle.

Spoiler

(It was during the bit where Thorin found out that Bilbo had the Arkenstone--I have no idea what happened there.

I enjoyed almost all of the fight scenes but agree with Cappy above about Legolas and his gravity defying thing.. also, did anyone else think that...

Spoiler

Thorin was a dumbass for thinking that he was safe once Azog went into the ice? Well duh... *sigh*

There was a lot of sadness toward the end...

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Kili, Fili and Thorin... they were sad scenes, when Tauriel was holding Kili after his death and said "If this is love, then I don't want it! Why does it hurt so much?!" My eyes filled up and I just said "yar..."

I felt sad coming out of the movie because these 6 movies from Peter have meant a lot for my country and it is hard to let go... I said to one of my boys when we were walking away, "thank God we still live in Middle Earth."

Haven't seen it yet,but that stuff they have Legolas doing,from the Two Towers on,like he's some kind of half assed skateboarder/surfer,is ridiculous,CGI crap that detracts from the story,IMO..

Thanks to you New Zealanders for sharing your beautiful country with us!Always thought that would be one place I would like to visit some day.You have to give it to Jackson,he certainly did showcase the natural beauty of NZ to great effect..

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I don' understand how a less than 350 page novel warrants three 2 hour plus films............

I have not seen any of these yet. I'll wait until all three are available on-demand or blu-ray and watch them all in a single sitting.

I did like Jackson's LOTR films quite a bit. I understand how that warranted three films. The source material was huge. I have the Houghton Mifflin red hardcover version of the novel and it took me a month to read the whole thing.