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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • 2h 24m
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Bilbo and Company are forced to be embraced in a war against an armed flock of combatants and the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.
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Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

  • Director
    • Peter Jackson
  • Writers
    • Fran Walsh
    • Philippa Boyens
    • Peter Jackson
  • Stars
    • Ian McKellen
    • Martin Freeman
    • Richard Armitage
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    548K
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    POPULARITY
    1,447
    350
    • Director
      • Peter Jackson
    • Writers
      • Fran Walsh
      • Philippa Boyens
      • Peter Jackson
    • Stars
      • Ian McKellen
      • Martin Freeman
      • Richard Armitage
    • 956User reviews
    • 467Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 56 nominations total

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    Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen
    • Gandalf
    Martin Freeman
    Martin Freeman
    • Bilbo
    Richard Armitage
    Richard Armitage
    • Thorin
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Galadriel
    Ken Stott
    Ken Stott
    • Balin
    Graham McTavish
    Graham McTavish
    • Dwalin
    William Kircher
    William Kircher
    • Bifur
    James Nesbitt
    James Nesbitt
    • Bofur
    Stephen Hunter
    Stephen Hunter
    • Bombur
    Dean O'Gorman
    Dean O'Gorman
    • Fili
    Aidan Turner
    Aidan Turner
    • Kili
    John Callen
    John Callen
    • Oin
    Peter Hambleton
    Peter Hambleton
    • Gloin
    Jed Brophy
    Jed Brophy
    • Nori
    Mark Hadlow
    Mark Hadlow
    • Dori
    Adam Brown
    Adam Brown
    • Ori
    Orlando Bloom
    Orlando Bloom
    • Legolas
    Evangeline Lilly
    Evangeline Lilly
    • Tauriel
    • Director
      • Peter Jackson
    • Writers
      • Fran Walsh
      • Philippa Boyens
      • Peter Jackson
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    • Trivia
      This is the last movie featuring legendary screen actor Sir Christopher Lee (Saruman the White) to be completed and released before his death on June 7, 2015, at ninety-three. Lee was one of a handful of cast members to star in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and was also the only cast member of either trilogy to have met J.R.R. Tolkien.
    • Goofs
      Thorin and Dwalin fight off "no more than a hundred" goblin mercenaries at Ravenhill while Fili and Kili search for Azog. When we go back to Thorin and Dwalin, there are no signs of the dead goblins.
    • Quotes

      [From trailer]

      Bilbo Baggins: One day I'll remember. Remember everything that happened: the good, the bad, those who survived... and those that did not.

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits are accompanied by sketches of people/locations from across the Hobbit trilogy.
    • Alternate versions
      2015 Extended Edition Blu-ray contains twenty minutes additional footage, including more graphic violence, increasing the run-time to 164 minutes. Due to the extra amount of violence, this version has been rated R by the MPAA.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Extended Edition Scenes (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      The Last Goodbye
      Written by Billy Boyd, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh

      Performed by Billy Boyd

    User reviews956

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    8/10
    It's still not "Lord of the Rings," but this is a fitting conclusion for a perfectly good fantasy trilogy
    Did Peter Jackson really just conclude his second Middle Earth trilogy? His take on J.R.R. Tolkein's "The Lord of the Rings" was a completely exhausting adventure that in many ways feels like seven films, not three, while "The Hobbit" trilogy feels exactly like it is on paper: one straightforward adventure broken into three parts. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" proves a fitting, exciting conclusion to this particular trilogy, but compared to the conclusion of "The Lord of the Rings," quite frankly and pun intended – it gets dwarfed.

    As with "The Unexpected Journey" and "The Desolation of Smaug," "The Battle of the Five Armies" is another beautiful achievement in fantasy filmmaking, with stunning production value and an outstanding director in Jackson. It is creative, humorous, action-packed, brimming with talent and gravitas and so many of the things that made "The Lord of the Rings" the achievement it was. So why was this trilogy less acclaimed and somewhat anti-climactic? Part of this undoubtedly has to do with novelty. We've been to Middle Earth before, we've seen the makeup and the elaborate sets, we know how Jackson navigates a battle sequence. Although "The Hobbit" has new locales and new characters and was the first film series screened with a higher frame rate, it's not as groundbreaking an achievement. Also, that accomplishment set the bar high for "The Hobbit" given how many people have returned from "Lord of the Rings" on camera and off.

    Yet the real culprit is story. "The Hobbit" is a children's book, so splitting it into three parts is merely dragging out a streamlined plot of "company seeks treasure and justice, company faces challenges along the way culminating in a mighty dragon, company overcomes odds." The added subplots put more meat on the bones of the three films, especially "Desolation," but did not necessarily add complexity or maturity to it.

    "Five Armies" at least does not waste any time. The first act is entirely buildup to the titular battle with plenty of suspense as sides try to negotiate in order to prevent an unnecessary war when a much greater evil is growing in Middle Earth. After Smaug torches Lake-town, Thranduil (Lee Pace) and the Wood-elves march upon Erebor, where Thorin (Richard Armitage) has reclaimed his rightful throne. Thorin, however, is corrupted by his greed, and rather than help the displaced people of Lake-town, grows restless because his treasure's focal point, the Arkenstone, has yet to be found. Bilbo (Martin Freeman), who has been hiding the Arkenstone, sees Thorin's madness could cause a senseless war, which of course it does, only the battle takes a different shape when Azog the Defiler and his orc army arrives.

    So corruption and selfishness become dominant themes of the film until the final battle, which doesn't disappoint in scale, entertainment, or visual effects. What it doesn't do, however, is command a vested interest from the audience. And when the larger battle halts entirely in order to follow the main characters, it hurts the larger overall narrative, or rather, calls attention to the fact that there really isn't one at this point in the story other than "kill the orcs." Yes, the fate of Middle Earth is at stake, but we already know how things will ultimately play out.

    Someone who has never seen the films watching all six in order could be something special, though. "Five Armies" does make "The Hobbit" trilogy a rather strong bridge to "Lord of the Rings," even in its last shot. In a way, Jackson acknowledges that that tale is the bigger story, the one that matters most. The parting message is kind of like "we hope you enjoyed these three fun movies, but 'The Lord of the Rings,' that's where it's really at." As moviegoers who witnessed "Lord of the Rings," this doesn't quite work for us, because we wanted to go back to Middle Earth for something more, to build on the experience of "Lord of the Rings." "The Hobbit," however, like any good prequel, is the foundation, not the next step, and because the story is so simplistic, it doesn't quite do enough for us on its own.

    "The Hobbit" is a fun, small adventure filled with courage, danger, evil and love set in the world of "Lord of the Rings," and "Five Armies" is that big scene at the end of the story where everything comes to boil. That's the gist of it. The rest is Jackson and his extraordinary cast and crew bringing that elaborate world back to life for us to enjoy one more time.

    ~Steven C

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • New Zealand
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Hobbit: There and Back Again
    • Filming locations
      • Hobbiton - 501 Buckland Road, Matamata, New Zealand
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • WingNut Films
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    • Budget
      • $250,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $255,138,261
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $54,724,334
      • Dec 21, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $962,201,338
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby SR
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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