The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Duration: 144 minuten / 164 minuten (extended edition)
Alternative titles: The Hobbit Part 3 / De Hobbit: De Slag van Vijf Legers
Country:
New Zealand / United States
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Benedict Cumberbatch
IMDb score:
7,4 (627.927)
Releasedate: 10 December 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies plot
"Witness the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga"
Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Eikenschild and the group of dwarves have reclaimed their kingdom from Smaug, but also unintentionally unleashed a deadly force on the world. Driven by revenge, Smaug causes many victims among the inhabitants of Meerstad. Obsessed with his recaptured wealth, Thorin sacrifices his friendship for it, where Bilbo is forced to make a desperate and dangerous choice. But greater dangers are ahead. Gandalf sees that the dangerous enemy Sauron sends huge armies with Orcs to the Lonely Mountain.
Actors and actresses
Gandalf the Grey
Bilbo Baggins
Thorin Oakenshield
Legolas
Tauriel
Bard
King Thranduil
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Balin
Kili
Reviews & comments
Sergio Leone
-
- 4501 messages
- 3183 votes
Average.
I am a fan of Middle Earth as The Lord of the Rings shows. The film adaptation of The Hobbit has turned out to be a lot less, and again that is clear. Especially the team that wrote the three films just didn't do a good job. A lot of fan fiction, defining elements of the book have been omitted, making it a soup. What remains are isolated scenes that are entertaining, interspersed with bad cinema.
Just like in the previous 2 films, the stars are also known here: Martin Freeman and for me also Richard Armitage and Lee Pace, for me the biggest surprise. In his case, too bad that Thranduil is an unfinished character.
Visually much more plastic than ever. That's where Peter Jackson went wrong. Sure, Smaug is great animated and there are creatures like that. But there's also just a lot of ugliness in it, both in design and execution (CGI Orcs in a 'tangible' Valley, for example). A few mass scenes have been successful again as a spectacle. Only a shame about Legolas's obligatory bag of tricks, a good example of how Jackson thinks he has to push through something when it's just way too much. A shame, because the extended edition contains scenes (which incomprehensibly did not make it to the theater version) that do feel right, for example Thorin's funeral.
Small 3
Translated from Dutch · View original
De filosoof
-
- 2615 messages
- 1792 votes
I liked this third part a lot less than the second part. The inspiration looks like. Maybe also because there is a lot of fighting, which I think is the most boring part of these films. It also doesn't help how unbelievably the Orcs are portrayed: gigantic bundles of muscles that are bred to fight and also do nothing but fight and train for battle, but who then lose every fight. Even an untrained child with a toy sword seems to be able to win a battle with 100 Orks effortlessly. Possibly a rational explanation is that Orcs are rather brainless as evil (according to Socrates and Plato, evil is the absence of light, of substance, of intelligence, so essentially 'nothing' and in any case something very stupid): do you also notice how very Orcs seem to be modeled after zombies (which makes all these LOTR and Hobbit movies kind of zombie movies)? But then the Orcs - like zombies - should not be able to speak or otherwise manifest any intelligence. In any case, Orks seem bred primarily to be slaughtered defenseless by our heroes who, even when they first get their hands on a sword - quite unlike the Orks who seem to have nothing to learn - can immediately fight formidable. It doesn't make the movies any more interesting.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Chainsaw
-
- 8845 messages
- 3711 votes
When I think of the third Hobbit movie, only one image usually pops into my head; a bit behind the scenes, in which Peter Jackson sits with his hands in her hair. He stares at something and doesn't know it anymore. Contrast that image with the countless moments in the bonus material when Jackson appears as an enthusiastic child on the set of Lord of the Rings. There is very little left of that. And you can see that very well in the end result.
Throughout the film it seems that Jackson is just doing something, but actually has no idea. As a viewer, you don't have that either. The film seems to suddenly build up to a big fight with five armies (I only know that because of the title, the film itself is very difficult about who/what and why). At one point a CGI army pops out of all the holes and the computer generated figures start fighting with each other. Of course there is no suspense, as we already know that no main character is in danger and a Hobbit with a stone can defeat countless orcs, but this time it is once again completely unclear what is going on and why. Most frustratingly, this ugly CGI fight goes on forever, but suddenly Jackson is in a rush and the ending is rushed. Think that mayor's assistant who dressed up as a woman was taking up too much time. Apparently every prequel trilogy should have a Jar Jar Binks.
After the first Hobbit I was disappointed, after the second extremely frustrated. I don't really feel anything with this one. Whatever.
1.5 stars.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Latest News
Recent films that turn the gaming table into a pressure cooker
Why Casinos Remain a Popular Setting in Crime Dramas
Oscar Isaac after Dune: roles that reveal a different side of the actor
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Star Wars and Its Legacy
More to explore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Adventure / Fantasy, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy / Adventure, 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure / Fantasy, 2002
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Documentary / Music, 2011
Interstellar
Scifi / Mystery, 2014
De Marathon
Drama / Comedy, 2012
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
