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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Defining Chapter
Director: Peter Jackson, rated PG-13
  Starring:
Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangaline Lilly, Ken Stott, Ian
Holm, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O-Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy,
Adam Brown, John Ccallen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, Orlando Bloom
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
"ou are changed,
Thorin! The Dwarf I met in Bag End would never have gone back on
his word! Would never have doubted the loyalty of his kin!" -
Bilbo Baggins, to Thorin
Why watch this? It
is the final entry in the Hobbit film trilogy.
Plot Summary:
After the dragon Smaug is defeated, a bitter dispute
erupts over the treasure of the Lonely Mountain among dwarves,
elves, and men. Meanwhile, Gandalf uncovers a rising evil while
a massive army of orcs marches to claim the fortress. To survive
the impending destruction, the rival groups must put aside their
greed and join forces in a massive battle.
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Dad's Preview:
By Peter Jackson's final Hobbit film, I was
suffering from CGI fatigue. But, I'm no quitter, so I
had to sit through this final chapter in a series of
three movies created from a novel only 300 pages long.
That last sentence should signal one of these films'
issues. The story has been stretched, meaning there is a
ton of filler: new characters, new side-adventures, new
battles. I get that this occurs often on film, but here,
in this series, it just feels over-stuffed. If you
couple that with gravity defying CGI stunts and action,
then it is hard for us to believe in the story, the
villains, and our heroes. It creates a film with
sections that are a jumbled mess. There are things here
to like, but the vast majority is so tiring. It would
have been a lot better to present this in a two-film
format. Hell, they did hire a great cast, they had great
source material, and people wanted this to work. Yet, it
is what it is, and that is disappointing. |
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New Line Cinema,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pics,
Wingnut Films;
Warner Bros. Pics
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