The long-awaited
finale that no one was looking forward to has arrived. Peter Jackson Takes us back
into the world of The Hobbit with another long exhausting adventure that was
completely unnecessary. The only way that this film would be a good movie is if
the entire thing were a battle of the five armies, which it was not. Jackson
fills in details on the book that were not needed. He has completely
forgotten what made the Lord of the Rings trilogy awesome. He seems to
believe the fans went to the theater to see fancy special effects when in
reality they wanted detailed characters and good fight scenes. In this finale
he goes over the top with all of his CGI characters that make no sense. He even
goes so far as to CGI Orlando Bloom in order to make him appear younger which
actually made him look older. Because Jackson failed miserably in the previous
films to develop characters that people actually like, the first hour and a
half of the film is boring character development that is come too little too
late. Then when the action begins it comes as a complete disappointment.
There are no characters that you care enough about to draw you into the action.
The only time there is drama or emotion is when the mounts of the characters
are killed. Another aspect of the battle that is disappointing is that it is
completely unrealistic. The amount of orcs and goblins far surpass the amount
of humans, elves, and dwarfs combined. Had this battle actually taken place not in Hollywood, the villains would have won by sheer strength of force. Now you might say that all Lord Of the Rings battles are like this and this may be true, the difference is that in those films there is an explanation as to why the smaller force can defeat the larger one, be it reinforcements, better tactics or just blind luck. In Battle of the Five Armies, the eagles show up and we are supposed to assume that 10-15 eagles can take out an army 10,000 or more strong. While it could happen, we are never shown the finale, all we get is a dust over after the climactic disappointment of a battle between Azog and Thorin. Only
those who enjoy bloated convoluted money grabs need spend their time seeing
this movie in theaters.
½ star out of 4
