The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is the third and final film in The Hobbit trilogy. The Hobbit, like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, is based on a book that is being unnecessarily split into multiple movies. However, out of all the books that are being made like this, The Hobbit is probably the most difficult to make well. It takes a lot to make a 300 page children's book into three movies, each around three hours long. Not to mention the fact that it will be compared to it's predecessor: one of the most influential fantasy movies of all time.
I've thought the previous two movies (An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug) were OK, but they could have been better. However, I have just recently read the book, and this is the first Hobbit movie I have seen afterwards, I can see how much they have added.
This movie takes place almost immediately after the events of the second movie, and mainly describes the climax of the book. The problem with this is that there is not enough material in this section to make into a movie this long. If the section was made into the movie word-for-word, it probably wouldn't be long enough to make any movie at all.
However, I guess it's still OK. Most of the things that were added don't seem too forced, and it moves at a quicker speed than the other movies. However, there are some things that were added that I didn't like. Although, that is probably expected from a movie that has needed to make this much extra footage.
Overall, this movie is no better or worse than the other two movies. I would personally place it between the two movies in terms of quality. In my opinion, The Desolation of Smaug is the best movie in the series, but this is second place, in front of An Unexpected Journey. All of these movies were passable, but it's a shame they couldn't all just be one movie, because then it would be so much better.
3 out of 5 stars
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