Monday, December 15, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies





Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage,Benedict Cumberbatch(Smaug & Sauron),Lee Pace(Thranduil),Orlando Bloom,Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans,Aidan Turner(Kili),Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving(Elrond) and Christopher Lee(Saruman)
Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, War


So here with this we mark the end of Hobbit series as well! Nostalgic! Those who have followed the entire LOTR trilogy and Hobbit, is a must watch!



You may look forward to:


  • Every time those big mountains and middle earth is shown on big screens, its all the more pleasurable to watch it in 3D :) 
  • All the war scenes were shot well, as usual, Orcs slashing and killing in hundreds :)
  • You can expect the usual fantasy and adventure in the movie as it always is
  • Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman, in their usual roles in significant number
  • Richard Armitage has a major role in this as we know him to be 'Thorin', along with Aidan Turner having love angle in between and the rest of army of dwarves
  • Lee Pace,Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly, are the set of stronghold Elves that we have apart from short supporting roles from Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving
  • Christopher Lee and Benedict Cumberbatch, had smaller appearances, mostly Cumberbatch giving out the voices for the Dragon and the Evil Sauron
  • Luke Evans has a rather significant role as one of the leaders
  • There were some slight hint of humor from one scene to another, which is pretty much unlikely of Hobbit series :)





What you can sleep over:

There were some elaborate action sequences between the Orcs and Thorin, as well the Orcs and the Elves, which were shot a little over the top, nevertheless watchable



The dampeners you should be aware of:

The last release of The Hobbit series: Desolation of Smaug was much better and eventful than this one. This particular movie had less events. First half is more of preparation for the war in the second half





My Rating: 3/5 

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