Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) by Alan Scherstuhl for Village Voice — 02 Dec 2014
The longer versions of all Jackson's Middle-earth films have played better (and made more sense) than their theatrical cuts, but this time he's trimmed out something absolutely vital, the one element that, besides his mad gore-minded grandiloquence, has kept everything together five films running: an attention to the emotional lives of his hobbits.
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This review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) was written by Alan Scherstuhl and published by Village Voice on 02 Dec 2014.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has generally received positive reviews.
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