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

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

PG-13 2014-12-17 (US) Action, Adventure, Fantasy 2h 24m

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Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, 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.

Peter Jackson

Director, Screenplay
J. R. R. Tolkien

Novel
Guillermo del Toro

Screenplay
Philippa Boyens

Screenplay
Fran Walsh

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Ian McKellen

Gandalf the Grey
Martin Freeman

Bilbo Baggins
Richard Armitage

Thorin Oakenshield
Orlando Bloom

Legolas
Evangeline Lilly

Tauriel
Luke Evans

Bard
Lee Pace

King Thranduil
Benedict Cumberbatch

Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Ken Stott

Balin
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A review by Gimly

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Written by Gimly on January 20, 2019

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... read the rest.

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